European Democrat Students

Mission & Goals

Our mission is to bring together university students sharing centre-right values from all Council of Europe member states so that they can exchange knowledge, ideas and experiences. United as one, these students have the power to make a real difference in Europe while fighting for fundamental human rights (education amongst others is a recognised fundamental human right). Our vision is to one day have member organisations from every single member state of the Council of Europe. We currently have 42 member organisations from 35 Council of Europe member states. Our activities target university students at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. There is no age restriction for participants at EDS events, the only requirement is that the event participants must be members of a student organisation which is a member of EDS. EDS holds several Council Meetings per year, each with a topic of its own. EDS also observes elections in struggling democracies in order to ensur (...)