Content profile for LYMEC

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. Our 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. Our basic aims and activities In brief, our organisation aims to: 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. 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. Check out the events Want to know more? Check our Manifesto and our Electoral Programme out! The Manifesto is a key document defining what the values and aims of LYMEC are, whereas the electoral programme contains the main points which the young candidates at the last European Parliament elections in June 2004 were standing for. You can find a summary of what we think in our leaflets (see below)! Check out Lymec.org risk free As registered user you can take part in discussions and communicate directly with one of the around 1100 other users Become a full-fledged Individual Member of LYMEC! Join us as Individual Member (IM). As IM you can actively take part in LYMEC through enhanced userstatus on lymec.org - including IMs' only features - and participation in the LYMEC events. Candidate yourself as IMs' delegate and represent the IMs at the LYMEC Congress!