Press Release – Battling post-pandemic youth unemployment As of January 2021, youth unemployment rates showed what Young liberals of Greece and JNC feared the most. Both countries, Spain with a 39,9% and Greece with a 34% rates, where leading the boards. These statistics and the willingness to strengthen the relations between northern countries MO’s…
The Situation in Libya and Europe’s Failure to Intervene Written by George Meneshian, member of the Editorial Team of Libertas. European policy towards Libya is at a crossroads: the conflict in this Northern African country seems to have been resolved following last January’s UN-backed Agreement; after six years of a bloody civil war,…
Press release Renewing Education: a liberal approach in the Balkans On the 15th of March, a group of 4 youth organisations based in South-Eastern Europe are launching an innovative and unique project to collect data and opinions from young people living in Romania, Serbia, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina on education. The project is…
#MeToo in Greece: An Ongoing Movement for Social Justice Eleni Siapikoudi, member of the Writers’ Team of Libertas In Greece, only a limited number of people were truly aware of the international MeToo Movement before Sofia Bekatorou, an Olympic, World and European sailing champion, spoke openly about her experience as a victim of…
Future of Europe – we are ready! We at LYMEC are delighted by the news that the much delayed Conference on the Future of Europe will now take place this year, beginning on the 9th May 2021. This Conference is highly significant for young people across Europe, representing a chance for us all to…
LYMEC’s First Young Liberal Women Summit: Get involved! Written by Rhea Csordas, Member of the Writers’ Team of Libertas Even though this year marks the 110th anniversary of International Women’s Day, there is truth in the fact that women, and especially young women, still face significant barriers, both at national and European level,…
Nord Stream 2: The Project Dividing Europe Written by Felix Schulz, Member of the Editorial Team of Libertas Nord Stream 2 is probably one of the most disputed projects in the European Union. To make matters worse, it is also one of the most complex issues. It touches upon economic, geopolitical, ethical and…
The Strange Death of Liberal Britain: Boris Johnson and the Threat to Democratic Values Libertas article by Lucasta Bath, Interim Editor-in-Chief of LIBERTAS You would be forgiven for thinking, given the current global challenges, that the British government had better things to do with its time than engaging in culture wars. Arguably, the…
Administrative assistant position opening To work in LYMEC’s Office in Brussels for six months starting at the beginning of April 2021. Apply before the 12th of March 2021! European Liberal Youth is looking for an administrative assistant for six months under the Bruxelles Formation “convention immersion professionnelle” internship scheme. The successful candidate will…
Joint statement European political youth organisations #StandWithBelarus Brussels, 07.02.2021 Full statement available here! Key points We all owe Belarusians sustained attention and support for their continuous fight for freedom. On 7 February, we are joining the Day of Solidarity with Belarus, engaging our networks in sending letters to Belarusian political prisoners and contacting…
Blaming Technology won’t save us! Libertas article by Margaux Carron, Oriol Marín Subirà and Pascal Buehrig “Technology won’t save us!” – a widespread mantra among many activists and politicians in Europe since climate change has become the ultimate priority on the agenda. But beware! The legitimate concerns behind this claim might lead to…
Europe Must Act against the Polish Crackdown on Women’s Rights! Recently, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, a court which is now strictly controlled by the country’s PiS government, has put forward a new law banning abortion. Despite already having one of the EU’s strictest abortion laws, Polish women will now have even more limited rights…
Recover and Revitalize Education for the Covid-19 Generation Libertas article written by Johannes Dallheimer for the International Day of Education This year’s World Day of Education has a special topic – that is digitalization. Digitalization in education is not a new topic, everywhere in Europe we are thinking about it, some countries like Estonia…
[Call for Editorial Team: Open to ALL Members] Dear Young Liberals, Here in the LYMEC Bureau we are working hard to improve Libertas, and as part of this improvement, we are restructuring the editorial team. In the future, Libertas will have a team of 8 Editors, and an uncapped team of Writers. If…
From our MOs 2020 COVID-19 has hardly hit the European Union and most of the countries in Europe. Following a very deep health crisis due to this world pandemic, an economic crisis is following bringing many countries in to very challenging situations. We as young liberals must come up with the solutions of the…
Mind the Gap! Gender Equality as a Distant Dream Written by Annemiek van Vliet, Administrative Assistant of LYMEC “Women Belong in All Places Where Decisions Are Being Made” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women make up half of the world’s population, but their full potential is far from being used. Across societies and…
New year means new elections for our LYMEC IMS delegates. Since the Spring Congress is already fast approaching, we hereby announce the yearly elections to be held on 3-6 February 2021 to elect the IMS delegates for 2021. We hereby open the call for candidacies for the positions. Deadline for applications is Monday, 18 January 2021 at…
Political Persecution in Ukraine: Zelenskyi’s vision of how to lead the country Interview with Sofiya Fedyna by Khrystyna Khomyk, Editorial Team of Libertas Sofiya Fedyna, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, tells us the story of her legal battle with the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi. As her story is filtered through the…