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LYMEC

This page has been created to provide you with more information about LYMEC. JOVD has been active within this international organisation for years now, and it is our most important political platform on a European level.     

 

What is LYMEC?
 

The European Liberal Youth, abbreviated as LYMEC, is a pan-European youth organisation seeking to promote liberal values throughout the EU and particularly through and as the youth organisation of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) and its parliamentary group in the European Parliament (ALDE, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe). Involving about 210,000 members from 59 organisations in 37 countries, LYMEC is made up Member Organisations (MO) and Individual Membership (IM) and it is active across the breadth and diversity of the European continent. Our central aim is the creation of a liberal and federal Europe.

 

History
LYMEC was established in 1976 as the ‘Liberal and Radical Youth Movement of the European Community'. As a youth organisation, LYMEC supports the development of political and educational understanding of young people throughout Europe. LYMEC strives to play a political role within Europe by cooperating with other liberal and radical organisations - like ELDR - and to represent liberal interests in European youth movements.

 

Aims of the organisation:
- create a liberal and federal Europe;

- educate its member organisations and individual members through the realisation of seminars, publications, group travel, symposia, courses and meetings;

- increase the common understanding among young people throughout Europe of liberal ideas;

- promote tolerance between cultures and individuals;

-  increase the level of political awareness and involvement of young people in politics including the promotion of active citizenship.

 

Activities
Recent activities organized include seminars organised in various European countries, conferences and symposia organised in the European Parliament, travel groups, demonstrations...We gather together for Congresses and Executive Committee meetings in various locations throughout Europe during the year to exchange ideas and meet our fellow liberal colleagues.

For more information see:
 

http://www.lymec.org/