European Liberal Youth
Budget
€338,800
EP Access
3
accredited persons
Staff
5
2.75 FTE
EU Grants
€75,000
Mission & Goals
As the youth wing of ALDE Party, our main goal is to connect like-minded organisations and young people from across Europe. We also represent them in Brussels, and maintain the appropriate links with our mother party, our parliamentary group Renew Europe, the ALDE Party, and its MEPs. Besides attending several congresses, meetings, events in the EP we also organise an annual summer academy for young people in the Parliament together with the Renew Europe Group. We also hold bilateral discussions with the members (MEPS) of the Renew Europe Group.
EU Legislative Interests
We follow youth-related topics such as the EU youth strategy, Horizon 2020, Youth Employment initiative etc. We also have ongoing working groups and campaigns related to free trade, migration, fighting populism, minority rights, education and defence. Moreover, we are influencing specific legislative files debated and voted upon in the European Parliament. We represent thereby the position of our members and deliver on the advocacy work. We mainly influence our MEPs in the Renew Europe Group, with whom we have regular meetings and contacts, often in the European Parliament itself such as: - Omnibus I and II Packages. - Digital Network Act - EU Space Act - EU climate target for 2040 In general, we bring the voices of young liberals to the decision-makers and mobilise our resources on files close to their/our priorities. In 2024-2025 our priorities focused on Democracy in the Digital Age, Security, Education and Sustainability. Finally, we also attempt to channel the voices of young people in light of the war in Ukraine. We sent out several communications and met several decision-makers to bring proposals on the way forward and how to have an impact on the ground for the young people of Ukraine. We have a key role to play on the longer-term perspectives and we aim at having the decision-makers on board to enable a sustainable support to those in needs.
Communication Activities
Publications: Defending Europe - the military future of our continent (2016) Vote, vote, vote - European Electoral Systems (2018) Liberal visions for Europe - Make your choice! (2019) Values first? Promoting EU Norms through Trade (2020) EU Diplomacy fit for the future (2021) Ban on unpaid internship (2022) Liberal Solutions for a Digital Europe (2022) "Voices from Ukraine" (2022-2023) Liberal Solutions for a Sustainable Europe (2023) The Youth Are Ready to Challenge Disinformation (2024) Fields of Freedom: A Liberal Vision on the Common Agricultural Policy (2024) A vision for a sovereign and resilient Europe (2025) Europe Reimagined: A Liberal Road to Enlargement (2025)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
ALDE Party European Liberal Forum IFLRY - International Federation of Liberal Youth European Youth Forum
Organisation Members
https://www.lymec.eu/members
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.