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{{Short description|European liberal youth organisation}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox political youth organization
| name = European Liberal Youth (LYMEC)
| colorcode = #9842A3
| logo = Lymec logo gradient.png
| president = [[Ines Holzegger]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lymec.eu/inesholzegger |title=Ines Holzegger at LYMEC }}</ref>
| vice president = Alexandre Servais
| secretary general = Even Diot
| treasurer = Marten Porte
| founded = 1976
| headquarters = Rue d'Idalie 11, 6th floor, box 2, 1050 [[Brussels]]
| membership = 61 organisations across 38 countries
| ideology = [[Liberalism]]
| mother party = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ALDE]]
| international = [[International Federation of Liberal Youth]]
| website = https://www.lymec.eu
}}
'''European Liberal Youth''' (abbreviated as '''LYMEC''') is an international organisation of liberal youth movements – mostly the youth wings of members of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party]] but also individual members.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.lymec.eu/about/|access-date=2020-06-16|website=LYMEC|language=en-US}}</ref>

LYMEC holds full members status to the [[European Youth Forum]] (YFJ).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://www.youthforum.org/our-members|access-date=2020-06-16|website=European Youth Forum|language=en|archive-date=26 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526011114/https://www.youthforum.org/our-members|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the official youth wing of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party and holds separate votes in the statutory bodies of the ALDE Party.

Even though the organisation is now called European Liberal Youth, it is still known as LYMEC, which is the abbreviation of the name when the organisation was formed in 1976.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Haute|first1=Emilie van|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RceHDwAAQBAJ&q=%22European+Liberal+Youth%22+1976&pg=PT339|title=Liberal Parties in Europe|last2=Close|first2=Caroline|date=2019-02-12|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-24548-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Corijn|first1=Lex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdwkAQAAMAAJ&q=1976+%22European+Liberal+Youth%22+-wikipedia|title=Liberalism in the European Union: The Way Forward|last2=Krings|first2=Thomas|date=2004|publisher=BWV, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag|isbn=978-3-8305-0601-0|pages=28|language=en}}</ref> It was then known as Liberal and Radical Youth Movement of the European Communities.

== Member organisations ==
[[File:Map_of_the_membership_of_LYMEC_in_2021.svg|thumb|300px|
{{legend|#E6008A|States with member organisations}}]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name in English
!Name in original language
! Country
! Mother party
! Type
! style="width:65px;"| Status
|-
| [[JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS]]
|''JUNOS – Junge liberale NEOS''
| {{AUT}}
| [[NEOS – The New Austria|NEOS]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Musavat Youth Organization]]
|
| {{AZE}}
| [[Musavat]]
| Youth
| style="background:#ccf;"| <span style="display:none">4</span>Associate
|-
| [[Youth Bloc]]
|''Moladzevy blok''
| {{BLR}}
| 
| Youth
| style="background:#ccf;"| <span style="display:none">4</span>Associate
|-
| [[Young Liberals (Belgium)|Young Liberals]]
|''[[:nl:Jongliberalen]]''
| {{BEL}}
| [[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|Open Vld]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Federation of Liberal Students]]
|''Fédération des Etudiants Libéraux'', ''FEL''
| {{BEL}}
| —
| Students
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Youth of MR]]
|''Jeunes MR''
| {{BEL}}
| [[Reformist Movement|MR]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| Forum Mladih Naša stranka
| Youth forum of Naša stranka
| {{BIH}}
| [[Our Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Naša stranka]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Youth Movement for Rights and Freedom]] (''YMRF'')
| ''Mladejko dvijeni za prav i svobodi''
| {{BGR}}
| [[Movement for Rights and Freedoms|DPS]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Young Croatian Liberals]]
|''Mladi hrvatski liberali, MHL''
| {{HRV}}
| [[Croatian Social Liberal Party|HSLS]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Croatian People's Party Youth]]
|''Mladi Hrvatske Narodne Stranke – Liberalni Demokrati, mHNS''
| {{HRV}}
| [[Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats|HNS]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Istrian Democratic Youth]] (''IDY'')
|''Klub mladih IDS-a''
| {{HRV}}
| [[Istrian Democratic Assembly|IDS]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Radikal Ungdom|The Danish Social Liberal Youth]]
|''Radikal Ungdom'', ''RU''
| {{DNK}}
| [[Danish Social Liberal Party|RV]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| Young Liberals of Denmark
|[[Venstres Ungdom]] (''VU'')
| {{DNK}}
| [[Venstre (Denmark)|V]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Estonian Reform Party Youth]]
|''Eesti Reformierakonna Noortekogu'', ''ERPY''
| {{EST}}
| [[Estonian Reform Party|RE]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Finnish Centre Students|Centre Party Students]]
|''Keskustan Opiskelijaliitto'', ''KOL''
| {{FIN}}
| [[Centre Party (Finland)|KESK]]
| Students
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Finnish Centre Youth]]
|''Suomen Keskustanuoret'', ''FCY''
| {{FIN}}
| [[Centre Party (Finland)|KESK]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Svensk Ungdom rf.|Swedish Youth]]
|''Svensk Ungdom'', ''SU''
| {{FIN}}
| [[Swedish People's Party of Finland|SFP]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Young Radicals (France)|Young Radicals]]
|''Jeunes Radicaux'', ''JR''
| {{FRA}}
| [[Radical Movement|MR]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups]]
|''Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen'', ''LHG''
| {{DEU}}
| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
| Students
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Young Liberals (Germany)|Young Liberals]]
|''Junge Liberale'', ''JuLis''
| {{DEU}}
| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Young Liberals Greece]]
|''Ελεύθεροι Νέοι'', ''ΕΛ.ΝΕ''
| {{GRC}}
| —
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Momentum TizenX]]
| -
| {{HUN}}
| [[Momentum Movement|Momentum]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full Member
|-
| Hungarian Liberal Youth
| LiFT – Liberális Fiatalok Társasága
| {{HUN}}
| [[Hungarian Liberal Party|Liberalisok]]
| Youth
| style="background:#ccf;"| <span style="display:none">4</span>Associate
|-
| [[Ógra Fianna Fáil]]
| -
| {{IRL}}
| [[Fianna Fáil|FF]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full Member
|-
| Uppreisn
|
| {{ISL}}
| [[Viðreisn]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full Member
|-
| Youth Forum of AKR
|
| {{Flagicon|Kosovo}} [[Kosovo]]
| [[New Kosovo Alliance|AKR]]
| Youth
| style="background:#ccf;" | <span style="display:none">4</span>Associate
|-
| Youth for Development
| Jaunieši attīstībai
| {{LVA}}
| [[For Latvia's Development|LA]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full Member
|-
| Movement For! Youth
| Par! Jauniešiem
| {{LVA}}
| [[Movement For!|Par!]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full Member
|-
| [[Lithuanian Liberal Youth]]
|''Lietuvos liberalus jaunimas'', ''LLJ''
| {{LTU}}
| —
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| Young Democrats of Luxemburg
| Jonk Demokraten
| {{LUX}}
| [[Democratic Party (Luxembourg)|PD]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Liberal-Democratic Youth]]
|''Liberalno-Demokratska Mladina'', ''LiDeM''
| {{MKD}}
| [[Liberal Democratic Party (North Macedonia)|LDP]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Liberal youth of Montenegro]]
|''Mladi Liberali Crne Gore'', ''MLCG''
| {{MNE}}
| [[Liberal Party of Montenegro|LPCG]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| Liberal Youth of Moldova
|
| {{MDA}}
| [[Liberal Party (Moldova)|PL]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Jonge Democraten|Young Democrats]]
|''Jonge Democraten'', ''JD''
| {{NLD}}
| [[Democrats 66|D66]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy]]
|''Jongeren Organisatie Vrijheid & Democratie'', ''JOVD''
| {{NLD}}
| [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Young Liberals of Norway]]
|''Norges Unge Venstre'', ''NUV''
| {{NOR}}
| [[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Norwegian Liberal Students]]
|''Norges Liberale Studentforbund'', ''NLSF''
| {{NOR}}
| [[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]
| Students
| style="background:#ccf;" | <span style="display:none">3</span>Associate
|-
| [[Nowoczesna Youth]]
|''Młodzi .Nowocześni''
| {{POL}}
| [[Modern (political party)|.N]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">3</span>Full member
|-
| [[Save Romania Union Youth]]
| USR Tineret
| {{ROU}}
| [[Save Romania Union|USR]]
| Youth
| style="background:#ccf;" | <span style="display:none">4</span>Associate
|-
| [[Vesna (Russia) |Vesna Youth Democratic Movement]]
| Молодёжное демократическое движения «Весна»
| {{RUS}}
| —
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| New Party Youth Forum
| Forum mladih Nove stranke
| {{SRB}}
|[[New Party (Serbia)|Nova]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| PSG Youth
|Odbor mladih PSG-a
| {{SRB}}
| [[Movement of Free Citizens (Serbia)|PSG]]
| Youth
| style="background:#ccf;"| <span style="display:none">4</span>Associate
|-
|Freedom Movement Youth
|Gibanje Svoboda Mladi
|{{SVN}}
|[[Freedom Movement (Slovenia)|GS]]
|Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Young Progressives]]
|''Mladí progresívci'', ''MP''
| {{SVK}}
| [[Progressive Slovakia|PS]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Young Citizens]]
|''Jóvenes Ciudadanos'', ''Jcs''
| {{ESP}}
| [[Ciudadanos|Cs]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Nationalist Youth of Catalonia]]
|''Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya'', ''JNC''
| {{ESP}}
| [[Together for Catalonia (2020)|JUNTS]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Centre Party Students (Sweden)|Centre Party Students]]
|''Centerstudenter'', ''CS''
| {{SWE}}
| [[Centre Party (Sweden)|C]]
| Students
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Centre Party Youth]]
|''Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund'', ''CUF''
| {{SWE}}
| [[Centre Party (Sweden)|C]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Liberal Youth of Sweden]]
|''Liberala ungdomsförbundet'', ''LUF''
| {{SWE}}
| [[Liberals (Sweden)|L]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Young Liberals of Switzerland]]
|''Jungfreisinnige Schweiz'', ''JFS''
| {{CHE}}
| [[The Liberals (Switzerland)|FDP]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Young Green Liberals of Switzerland]]
|''Junge Grünliberale'', ''jglp''
| {{CHE}}
| [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|glp]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;"| <span style="display:none">4</span>Full member
|-
| [[European Youth of Ukraine]]
|''Європейська молодь України, EMU''
| {{UKR}}
| [[European Party of Ukraine|EPU]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine]]
|''Ліберально-демократична ліга України, LDLU''
| {{UKR}}
| —
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| Ze!Molodizhka
| ''Зе!Молодіжка''
| {{UKR}}
| [[Servant of the People|SN]]
| Youth
| style="background:#ccf;"| <span style="display:none">4</span>Associate
|-
| [[Young Liberals (UK)|Young Liberals]]
|
| {{GBR}}
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|LD]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Gibraltar Liberal Youth]] (''GLY'')
| -
| {{GBR}}
| [[Liberal Party of Gibraltar|LPG]]
| Youth
| style="background:#9f9;" | <span style="display:none">1</span>Full member
|-
| [[Alliance Youth]]
| -
| {{GBR}}
| [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|Alliance Party]]
| Youth
| style="background:#ccf;"| <span style="display:none">4</span>Associate
|}

Former member organizations include [[Civil Forum]], the Armenian ANC Youth, Liberal Youth of Moldova, UDI jeunes and Young Liberals of Andorra.

== Positions ==
In 2020, LYMEC adopted a resolution, according to which the organisations call for recognition of [[Taiwan]] as an independent country. The initiative was submitted by the Danish member organisation [[Radikal Ungdom]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-16 |title=Pan-European youth group recognizes Taiwan's independence |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4054923 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=Taiwan News}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[International Federation of Liberal Youth]]
*[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ALDE Party]]
*[[Young Democrats for Europe]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links==
{{Commons category|European Liberal Youth}}
*{{Official website|https://www.lymec.eu/ }}

{{EU youth politics}}
{{ELDR member parties}}
{{European Youth Forum}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:International liberal organizations]]
[[Category:Youth wings of pan-European political parties|Liberal Youth, European]]
[[Category:Youth empowerment organizations]]
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