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European Democrat Students

December 18, 2023

European Democrat Students (EDS) is a pan-European centre-right student and youth political association, and the official student organisation of the European People's Party. Founded in Vienna by Scandinavian, German and Austrian students in 1961,[1] it represents over 1,600,000 students and young people in 40 member organisations from 35 countries in Europe, and is the largest youth organisation in Europe. Its stated goal is to promote a free, democratic and united Europe through a greater student mobility and comprehensive education policies across the continent.

European Democrat Students (EDS)
Formation1961 (1961)
Type
HeadquartersRue du Commerce 10, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
Chairman
Beppe Galea
Secretary General
Vladimir Kljajić
Parent organization
European People's Party (also European Democrat Union)
AffiliationsInternational Young Democrat Union
European Youth Forum
Websitewww.edsnet.eu

History edit

In 1958, a group of Swedish students, members of the Conservative Student League of Sweden, travelled to Vienna, Prague and West Berlin, where they attended the annual meeting of the Association of Christian Democratic Students. A cooperation between the Swedish and West German students was initiated, that was soon extended to include student organisations from the rest of Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.

In response to increasing activities of communist organisations, the liberal-conservative and christian democratic student organisations from these countries saw a need for stronger international cooperation among democratic student organisations in Europe. When the communist International Union of Students organised the "7th World Youth Festival" in Vienna in 1959, christian democratic and liberal-conservative students established the organisation Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neues Leben (Action Committee New Life), the first international organisation of centre-right students in Europe. The new organisation distributed pins with the text "Remember Hungary 1956!"

 
Carl Bildt proposed the current name of the organisation in 1975

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neues Leben quickly evolved into the International Student Conferences, that took place in Copenhagen and Stockholm for the first time in 1960. At the third conference, in Vienna in 1961, the International of Christian-Democrat and Conservative Students, the predecessor of the European Democrat Students, was founded. The organisation considered itself to be the "first avantgarde fighter for the protection of the principles of liberty and individualism," and supported European integration and programmes for student mobility. The founding member organisations were the Freie Österreichische Studentenschaft (Austria), the Conservative Students (Denmark), the Association of Christian Democratic Students (West Germany), the Students' League of the Conservative Party (Norway), and the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students (FMSF). A few months later, the Federation of University Conservative and Unionist Associations (UK) and ESC (Belgium) joined.

The current name of the organisation, European Democrat Students, was adopted in 1975, after it was proposed by Carl Bildt.

Since 1997, EDS has been the official student organisation of the European People's Party (EPP). Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum (YFJ), the International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) and the Robert Schuman Institute. EDS is also recognised as a member association of the European Peoples Party (EPP), where EDS is one of the six EPP associations - in addition to recognition as an NGO at the Council of Europe.

Organising seminars, summer and winter universities, publications, campaigns and political resolutions, EDS connects like-minded students from all over the continent and shapes European student policies as well as the debates within the EPP. In 2011, the celebrations of the 50th anniversary have been conducted in Brussels and Vienna, attracting several hundreds of members, alumni, politicians and partners.

An important shift towards a more wide vision of the world was introduced during the working year 2017-2018 with the first Study Mission organized in Latin America under the title of "Caja Política". A second edition was held in 2019 in Guayaquil and Quito (Ecuador) and it successfully gathered[2] young leaders from a dozen Latin American countries with representatives of the EDS Bureau and Member Organizations. After these events EDS became a pioneer in the center right becoming the first European organization regularly active in Latin America, Europe and Middle East.

Current Executive Burreau (21/22) http://www.edsnet.eu/executive-bureau/ edit

Chairman Beppe Galea (Malta)

Sec gen Vladimir Kljajić (Serbia)

Vice-chairs:

Ramon Riera (Spain)

Edvardas Lukosius (Lithuania)

Dora Hidas (Hungary)

Agata Czyzweska (Poland)

Anna Vorderwinkler (Austria)

Katerina Kyriacou (Cyprus)

Kristjan Uhtid (Estonia)

Iryna Shatokhina (Ukraine)'

Chairmen edit

  • 1962–1964: Carl-Henrik Winqwist (Sweden)
  • 1964–1966: Dieter Ibielski (Germany)
  • 1966–1968: Reginald E. Simmerson (UK)
  • 1968–1970: Heikki S. von Hertzen (Finland)
  • 1970–1971: Ian Taylor (UK)
  • 1971–1972: Finn Braagaard (Denmark)
  • 1972–1974: Tom Spencer (UK)
  • 1974–1976: Carl Bildt (Sweden)
  • 1976–1978: Scott Hamilton (UK)
  • 1978–1979: Pierre Moinet (France)
  • 1979–1981: Lars Eskeland (Norway)
  • 1981–1982: Per Heister (Sweden)
  • 1982–1984: Knut Olav Nesse (Norway)
  • 1984–1985: Daniel Bischof (Switzerland)
  • 1985–1986: George Anagnostakos (Greece)
  • 1986–1988: Mattias Bengtsson (Sweden)
  • 1988–1989: Bettina Machaczek (Germany)
  • 1989–1991: Stavros Papastavrou (Greece)
  • 1991–1993: Laura de Esteban (Spain)
  • 1993–1994: Tim Arnold (Germany)
  • 1994–1995: Fredrik Johansson (Sweden)
  • 1995–1996: Andrew Reid (UK)
  • 1998–1999: Michalis Peglis (Greece)
  • 1999–2000: Ukko Metsola (Finland)
  • 2000–2001: Gustav Casparsson (Sweden)
  • 2001–2003: Jacob Lund Nielsen (Denmark)
  • 2003–2005: Alexandros Sinka (Cyprus)
  • 2005–2006: Sven Henrik Häseker (Germany)
  • 2006–2008: Ana Filipa Janine (Portugal)
  • 2008–2009: Thomas Uhlen (Germany)
  • 2009–2011: Bence Bauer (Hungary)
  • 2011–2013: Juraj Antal (Slovakia)
  • 2013–2015: Eva Majewski (Germany)
  • 2015–2017: Georgios Chatzigeorgiou (Cyprus)
  • 2017-2019: Virgilio Falco (Italy)[3]
  • 2019-2021: Carlo Angrisano Girauta (Spain)[4]
  • Since 2021: Beppe Galea (Malta)

Members edit

EDS has four categories of membership: Full members, observers, and additionally affiliate and associate members.

The full members are (founding members in bold)

The Affiliate Members are:

  •   Armenia: Youth of the Republican Party of Armenia
  •   Lebanon: Lebanese Forces Students Association

The Observer Members are:

  •   Belarus: Belarusian Student Network
  •   Moldova: Tinerii Partidului Popular European din Moldova

The Associated Member is:

Policies edit

In a 2009 resolution, the organisation expressed its support for the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism, calling for the condemnation of communism, and adopted the declaration's content as part of its general policy. "Communism as a totalitarian regime [...] can only distinct itself from Fascism and Nazism by a more recent expiry date and the consequent damage over time it was able to cause," the resolution said.[5]

BullsEye magazine edit

 
Official logo of the BullsEye magazine[6] adopted in the 77th edition.

From 1977 to 1997 EDS had an official magazine under the name of Taurus. In the year 1997 the magazine was reshuffled and a new name was adopted. Since then it became The BullsEye magazine and every Council Meeting counted with an issue of the magazine, with an editorial team that enlarged year after year reaching in 2019 the largest number of applicants. The magazine currently covers the European political present, the EU Agenda 2019-2024 and key topics of the future of Education.

In the year 2019 it reached its 77th issue, published during the EPP Congress in Zagreb.[7]

Literature edit

  • Holger Thuss and Bence Bauer, Students on the Right Way. European Democrat Students 1961-2011, Brussels 2012, ISBN 978-9090266671

References edit

  1. ^ Bauer, Bence (2012). Students on the Right Way. European Democrat Students 1961-2011. Bruxelles: Wilfred Martens Center. pp. 25–32. ISBN 978-9090266671.
  2. ^ "Caja Política inició ciclo de conferencias Rearmando la democracia". El Universo (in Spanish). 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  3. ^ Heath, Ryan (2017-08-01). "POLITICO Brussels Playbook: New VW scandal — RIP Scaramucci — France labor reform progress". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  4. ^ "Carlo Angrisano: "El 'procés' interesa muy poco en Europa"". Crónica Global (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  5. ^ . European Democrat Students. 25 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  6. ^ "Homepage". BullsEye. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  7. ^ "EDS European Democrat Students". Issuu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to European Democrat Students.
  • Official EDS website
  • The BullsEye Magazine

December 18, 2023
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European Democrat Students EDS is a pan European centre right student and youth political association and the official student organisation of the European People s Party Founded in Vienna by Scandinavian German and Austrian students in 1961 1 it represents over 1 600 000 students and young people in 40 member organisations from 35 countries in Europe and is the largest youth organisation in Europe Its stated goal is to promote a free democratic and united Europe through a greater student mobility and comprehensive education policies across the continent European Democrat Students EDS Formation1961 1961 TypeLiberal conservatism Christian democracyHeadquartersRue du Commerce 10 B 1000 Brussels BelgiumChairmanBeppe GaleaSecretary GeneralVladimir KljajicParent organizationEuropean People s Party also European Democrat Union AffiliationsInternational Young Democrat Union European Youth ForumWebsitewww wbr edsnet wbr eu Contents 1 History 2 Current Executive Burreau 21 22 http www edsnet eu executive bureau 3 Chairmen 4 Members 5 Policies 6 BullsEye magazine 7 Literature 8 References 9 External linksHistory editIn 1958 a group of Swedish students members of the Conservative Student League of Sweden travelled to Vienna Prague and West Berlin where they attended the annual meeting of the Association of Christian Democratic Students A cooperation between the Swedish and West German students was initiated that was soon extended to include student organisations from the rest of Scandinavia and the United Kingdom In response to increasing activities of communist organisations the liberal conservative and christian democratic student organisations from these countries saw a need for stronger international cooperation among democratic student organisations in Europe When the communist International Union of Students organised the 7th World Youth Festival in Vienna in 1959 christian democratic and liberal conservative students established the organisation Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neues Leben Action Committee New Life the first international organisation of centre right students in Europe The new organisation distributed pins with the text Remember Hungary 1956 nbsp Carl Bildt proposed the current name of the organisation in 1975The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neues Leben quickly evolved into the International Student Conferences that took place in Copenhagen and Stockholm for the first time in 1960 At the third conference in Vienna in 1961 the International of Christian Democrat and Conservative Students the predecessor of the European Democrat Students was founded The organisation considered itself to be the first avantgarde fighter for the protection of the principles of liberty and individualism and supported European integration and programmes for student mobility The founding member organisations were the Freie Osterreichische Studentenschaft Austria the Conservative Students Denmark the Association of Christian Democratic Students West Germany the Students League of the Conservative Party Norway and the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students FMSF A few months later the Federation of University Conservative and Unionist Associations UK and ESC Belgium joined The current name of the organisation European Democrat Students was adopted in 1975 after it was proposed by Carl Bildt Since 1997 EDS has been the official student organisation of the European People s Party EPP Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum YFJ the International Young Democrat Union IYDU and the Robert Schuman Institute EDS is also recognised as a member association of the European Peoples Party EPP where EDS is one of the six EPP associations in addition to recognition as an NGO at the Council of Europe Organising seminars summer and winter universities publications campaigns and political resolutions EDS connects like minded students from all over the continent and shapes European student policies as well as the debates within the EPP In 2011 the celebrations of the 50th anniversary have been conducted in Brussels and Vienna attracting several hundreds of members alumni politicians and partners An important shift towards a more wide vision of the world was introduced during the working year 2017 2018 with the first Study Mission organized in Latin America under the title of Caja Politica A second edition was held in 2019 in Guayaquil and Quito Ecuador and it successfully gathered 2 young leaders from a dozen Latin American countries with representatives of the EDS Bureau and Member Organizations After these events EDS became a pioneer in the center right becoming the first European organization regularly active in Latin America Europe and Middle East Current Executive Burreau 21 22 http www edsnet eu executive bureau editChairman Beppe Galea Malta Sec gen Vladimir Kljajic Serbia Vice chairs Ramon Riera Spain Edvardas Lukosius Lithuania Dora Hidas Hungary Agata Czyzweska Poland Anna Vorderwinkler Austria Katerina Kyriacou Cyprus Kristjan Uhtid Estonia Iryna Shatokhina Ukraine Chairmen edit1962 1964 Carl Henrik Winqwist Sweden 1964 1966 Dieter Ibielski Germany 1966 1968 Reginald E Simmerson UK 1968 1970 Heikki S von Hertzen Finland 1970 1971 Ian Taylor UK 1971 1972 Finn Braagaard Denmark 1972 1974 Tom Spencer UK 1974 1976 Carl Bildt Sweden 1976 1978 Scott Hamilton UK 1978 1979 Pierre Moinet France 1979 1981 Lars Eskeland Norway 1981 1982 Per Heister Sweden 1982 1984 Knut Olav Nesse Norway 1984 1985 Daniel Bischof Switzerland 1985 1986 George Anagnostakos Greece 1986 1988 Mattias Bengtsson Sweden 1988 1989 Bettina Machaczek Germany 1989 1991 Stavros Papastavrou Greece 1991 1993 Laura de Esteban Spain 1993 1994 Tim Arnold Germany 1994 1995 Fredrik Johansson Sweden 1995 1996 Andrew Reid UK 1998 1999 Michalis Peglis Greece 1999 2000 Ukko Metsola Finland 2000 2001 Gustav Casparsson Sweden 2001 2003 Jacob Lund Nielsen Denmark 2003 2005 Alexandros Sinka Cyprus 2005 2006 Sven Henrik Haseker Germany 2006 2008 Ana Filipa Janine Portugal 2008 2009 Thomas Uhlen Germany 2009 2011 Bence Bauer Hungary 2011 2013 Juraj Antal Slovakia 2013 2015 Eva Majewski Germany 2015 2017 Georgios Chatzigeorgiou Cyprus 2017 2019 Virgilio Falco Italy 3 2019 2021 Carlo Angrisano Girauta Spain 4 Since 2021 Beppe Galea Malta Members editEDS has four categories of membership Full members observers and additionally affiliate and associate members The full members are founding members in bold nbsp Austria AktionsGemeinschaft nbsp Albania Forumi Rinor i Partise Demokratike nbsp Belgium Etudiants Democrates Humanistes nbsp Belgium Christen Democratische Studenten nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Youth Association of the Party of Democratic Action nbsp Bulgaria Federation of Independent Student Societies nbsp Bulgaria Mladi Grazhdani za Evropejsko Razvitie na Blgariya MGERB nbsp Croatia University Organisation of the Croatian Peasant Party nbsp Cyprus FPK Protoporia nbsp Denmark Conservative Students nbsp Estonia Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica Youth nbsp Finland Student Union of National Coalition Party Tuhatkunta nbsp France Union Nationale Inter universitaire nbsp Georgia Young Student Organization Graali nbsp Georgia UYNM nbsp Germany Ring Christlich Demokratischer Studenten nbsp Greece Dimokratiki Ananeotiki Protoporia Nea Dimokratiki Foititiki Kinissi nbsp Hungary Fidelitas nbsp Italy StudiCentro nbsp Italy Nuovo Centrodestra nbsp Kosovo Forumi Rinor i Lidhjes Demokratike te Kosoves nbsp Lithuania Young Conservative League nbsp North Macedonia Youth Forces Union of VMRO DPMNE nbsp Malta Studenti Demokristjani Maltin nbsp Moldova Youth of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova nbsp Norway Students League of the Conservative Party nbsp Poland Stowarzyszenie Mlodzi Demokraci nbsp Romania Liberal Student Clubs nbsp Romania Hungarian Romanian Christian Democrat Students of Romania nbsp Slovakia Obciansko Demokraticka Mladez nbsp Slovenia Slovenian Academic Union nbsp Spain New Generations of the People s Party of Spain nbsp Sweden Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students nbsp Ukraine Ukrainian Students Association nbsp Ukraine Youth of Petro Poroshenko Bloc nbsp UK Young Conservative European Forum nbsp Serbia Youth for InnovationThe Affiliate Members are nbsp Armenia Youth of the Republican Party of Armenia nbsp Lebanon Lebanese Forces Students AssociationThe Observer Members are nbsp Belarus Belarusian Student Network nbsp Moldova Tinerii Partidului Popular European din MoldovaThe Associated Member is nbsp Czech Republic Young Conservatives Czech Republic Policies editIn a 2009 resolution the organisation expressed its support for the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism calling for the condemnation of communism and adopted the declaration s content as part of its general policy Communism as a totalitarian regime can only distinct itself from Fascism and Nazism by a more recent expiry date and the consequent damage over time it was able to cause the resolution said 5 BullsEye magazine edit nbsp Official logo of the BullsEye magazine 6 adopted in the 77th edition From 1977 to 1997 EDS had an official magazine under the name of Taurus In the year 1997 the magazine was reshuffled and a new name was adopted Since then it became The BullsEye magazine and every Council Meeting counted with an issue of the magazine with an editorial team that enlarged year after year reaching in 2019 the largest number of applicants The magazine currently covers the European political present the EU Agenda 2019 2024 and key topics of the future of Education In the year 2019 it reached its 77th issue published during the EPP Congress in Zagreb 7 Literature editHolger Thuss and Bence Bauer Students on the Right Way European Democrat Students 1961 2011 Brussels 2012 ISBN 978 9090266671References edit Bauer Bence 2012 Students on the Right Way European Democrat Students 1961 2011 Bruxelles Wilfred Martens Center pp 25 32 ISBN 978 9090266671 Caja Politica inicio ciclo de conferencias Rearmando la democracia El Universo in Spanish 2019 06 05 Retrieved 2019 10 29 Heath Ryan 2017 08 01 POLITICO Brussels Playbook New VW scandal RIP Scaramucci France labor reform progress POLITICO Retrieved 2019 10 29 Carlo Angrisano El proces interesa muy poco en Europa Cronica Global in Spanish Retrieved 2019 10 29 Motion on Prague declaration on European conscience and communism Adopted at the CM in Paris 25 04 2009 European Democrat Students 25 April 2009 Archived from the original on 2012 04 26 Retrieved 2011 05 14 Homepage BullsEye Retrieved 2019 10 29 EDS European Democrat Students Issuu Retrieved 2019 10 29 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to European Democrat Students Official EDS website The BullsEye Magazine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title European Democrat Students amp oldid 1176641923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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