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Young European Socialists

European social democratic youth association

Summary

European social democratic youth association

Field	Value
name	Young European Socialists
logo	[[File:Young European Socialists.png	140px]]
colorcode	#DC140F
founded
ideology	Social democracy
headquarters	Rue Guimard 10-12
1040 Brussels, Belgium
president	João Martins Pereira
vice president	* Aleksandra Iwanowska
* Christopher Lindvall	secretary2	Irja Vaateri
mother party	Party of European Socialists
international	International Union of Socialist Youth
Party of European Socialists
Progressive Alliance
website

1040 Brussels, Belgium

Rachid Khenissi
Anne Pilgaard
Karlo Vedak
Kristina Scepanovic
Ines João Rodrigues
Eli Harris
George Tsoumas
Juan Diego Romero Pinas
Christopher Lindvall| secretary2 = Irja Vaateri Party of European Socialists Progressive Alliance

Young European Socialists (YES), formerly the European Community Organisation of Socialist Youth (ECOSY), is an association of social democratic youth organisations in Europe and the European Union.

YES is the youth organisation of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and is a sister organization of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY). The seat of the organisation is Brussels.

Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with both these bodies.

History

YES was founded as the European Community Organisation of Socialist Youth (ECOSY) in November 1992 in Oegstgeest/The Hague. The preparatory committee consisted of Philip Cordery (MJS, France), Joris Jurriëns (JS-PvdA, Netherlands), Jens Geier (Jusos, Germany), Giustina Magistretti (Italy), and Pascal Smet (Belgium).

Before 1992 the European activities had been coordinated inside IUSY, especially in the European Leaders Meeting.

The European Socialist Youth (ESY), founded in parallel, was only a weak organisation, a short time later renamed the European Committee, one of the IUSY continental committees.

The organisation's name was changed to Young European Socialists (YES) at the 11th Congress in Bommersvik in 2013.

Affiliated organisations

Full members

Albania – Forum of Eurosocialist Youth of Albania (FRESSH) also Youth Movement for Integration (LRI)
Albania – YMI Albania
Armenia – Armenian Youth Federation (ՀԵԴ)
Austria – Sozialistische Jugend Österreich (SJÖ)
Austria – Verband Sozialistischer StudentInnen Österreichs (VSStÖ)
Belgium – Jongsocialisten (JS)
Belgium – Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes (JS)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Forum Mladih SDP / Social Democratic Youth (SDY)
Bulgaria – Европейска лява младежка алтернатива (ЕЛМА) / European Left Youth Alternative (ELYA)
Bulgaria – Младежко Обединение БСП (МБСП) / BSP Youth Union (BSPYU)
Croatia – SDP Youth Forum (FM SDP)
Cyprus – EDEK Youth
Cyprus – Republican Turkish Party (CTP) Youth
Czech Republic – Mladí Sociální Demokraté (MSD)
Denmark – Danmarks Socialdemokratiske Ungdom (DSU)
Estonia – Social Democratic Youth (SDY)
Finland – Social Democratic Youth (SDY)
Finland – Sosialidemokraattiset Opiskelijat (SONK)
France – Les Jeunes Socialistes (JS)
Germany – Jusos in der SPD
Greece – PASOK Youth
Hungary – Societas
Iceland – Ungt Jafnaðarfólk (UJ)
Ireland – Labour Youth
Italy – Giovani Democratici (GD)
Italy – Federazione dei Giovani Socialisti (FGS)
Latvia – Jauniešu organizācija Restart.lv
Lithuania – Lithuanian Social Democratic Youth Union (LSDYU)
Luxembourg – Jeunesses Socialistes Luxembourgeoises (JSL)
Malta – Żgħażagħ Laburisti (ŻL)
Montenegro – Youth Council of Democratic party of socialists (YCDPS)
Montenegro – SDY Montenegro
Netherlands – Jonge Socialisten in de PvdA (JS)
North Macedonia – Social Democratic Youth (SDY)
Poland – Federacja Młodych Socjaldemokratów (FMS)
Portugal – Juventude Socialista (JS)
Romania – Tineretul Social Democrat (TSD)
Serbia – Democratic Youth (DY)
Serbia – Social Democratic Youth (SDY)
Serbia – League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina Youth (LSVO)
Slovakia – Mladí sociálni demokrati (MSD)
Slovenia – Mladi forum Socialnih demokratov (Mladi forum SD)
Spain – Joventut Socialista de Catalunya (JSC)
Spain – Juventudes Socialistas de España (JSE)
Sweden – Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbund (SSU)
Sweden – Socialdemokratiska Studentförbundet (SSF)
Switzerland – JungsozialistInnen Schweiz / Jeunesse socialiste suisse / Gioventù Socialista Svizzera (JUSO/JS/GS)
Turkey – CHP Gençlik Kolları
United Kingdom – Young Labour
United Kingdom – National Labour Students United Kingdom
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) – SDLP Youth
United Kingdom – Young Fabians (YF)

Observers

Belarus – Maladaja Hramada
Cyprus – Αγώνας / Agonas
Egypt – ESDP Youth Egypt
Faroe Islands - SU Faroe Islands
Georgia (country) – Young Socialists Georgia (YSG)
Hungary – Democratic Dynamism Hungary
Israel – Young Meretz, Meretz Youth
Kosovo – Rinia për Vetëvendosje
Lebanon – Progressive Youth Organization (PYO)
Norway – Arbeidernes ungdomsfylking (AUF)
Palestine – Fatah Youth
Russia – Российский социал-демократический союз молодёжи (РСДСМ) / Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth (RSDYU)
Tunisia – Jeunes Socialistes Démocrates (JSD)
Ukraine – SD Platform
Ukraine – Union of Young Socialists (SMS)

Presidents

Since the founding of ECOSY in 1992 until 1997, the presidency rotated simultaneously with the EU Presidency

1992 Tracy Paul (Young Labour)
1993 Henrik Sass Larsen (Danmarks Socialdemokratiske Ungdom)
1993 Ronald Gossiaux (Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes / Belgium)
1994 Vasilis Togias (Neolaia Pasok)
1994 Reinhold Rünker (Jusos in der SPD)
1995 Renaud Lagrave (Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes)
1995 Martin Guillermo (Juventudes Socialistas de España)
1995 Paco-Luis Benitez (Juventudes Socialistas de España)
1996 Vinicio Peluffo (Sinistra Giovanile)
1996 Mick McLoughlin (Labour Youth)
1997 Thomas Windmulder (Jonge Socialisten in de PvdA)

Afterwards, ECOSY has an elected president

1997–1999 Andreas Schieder (Sozialistische Jugend Österreich)
1999–2001 (Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes)
2001–2003 Jan Krims (Verband Sozialistischer StudentInnen Österreichs)
2003–2005 (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbund)
2005–2009 Giacomo Filibeck (Sinistra Giovanile)
2009–2011 Petroula Nteledimou (Neolaia PASOK)
2011–2015 (Demarinuoret & SONK)
2015–2017 Laura Slimani (Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes)
2017–2019 Joao Albuquerque (Juventude Socialista)
2019–2023 Alicia Homs (Juventudes Socialistas de España)
2023–2025 Enric López Jurado (Joventut Socialista de Catalunya)
2025–present João Martins Pereira (Les Jeunes Socialistes)

Secretaries General

1992–1997 Philip Cordery (Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes / France)
1997–1999 Pau Solanilla (Juventudes Socialistas de España)
1999–2003 Yonnec Polet (Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes / Belgium)
2003–2005 Ilias Antoniou (Neolaia Pasok)
2005–2009 Ania Skrzypek (Federacja Młodych Socjaldemokratów)
2009–2011 Janna Besamusca (Jonge Socialisten in de PvdA)
2011–2015 Thomas Maes (Jongsocialisten; ex Animo)
2015–2017 Nina Živanović (SDY in SDU)
2017–2019 Tuulia Pitkänen (Sosialidemokraattiset Nuoret)
2019–2020 Maj Christensen Jensen (Danmarks Socialdemokratiske Ungdom)
2020–2023 Ana Pirtskhalava (Young Socialists Georgia)
2023–2025 Sofie Amalie Stage (Danmarks Socialdemokratiske Ungdom)
2025–present Irja Vaateri (Demarinuoret)

Congresses

1992 : Oegstgeest/The Hague
1994 : Munich
1997 : Strasbourg
1999 : Toledo
2001 : Vienna
2003 : Bommersvik (Sweden)
2005 : Cascais (Portugal)
2007 : Warsaw
2009 : Brussels
2011 : Bucharest
2013 : Bommersvik (Sweden)
2015 : Winterthur
2017 : Duisburg
2019 : Helsinki
2021 : Malta
2023 : Barcelona
2025 : Massy

Summer camps

1995 Rimini (Italy)
1996 Iusy Festival Bonn
1997 Mazagón (Spain)
1998 Vienna (Austria)
1999 Livorno (Italy)
2000 Iusy Festival Malmö
2001 Debrecen (Hungary)
2002 Weißenbach (Austria)
2003 Iusy Festival Kamena Vourla (Greece)
2004 Năvodari (Romania)
2005 Figueira da Foz (Portugal)
2006 Iusy Festival Alicante
2007 Iusy100 Berlin
2008 Carpentras (France)
2009 Iusy Festival Zánka (Hungary)
2011 Iusy Festival Weißenbach (Austria)
2012 Savudrija (Croatia) The Declaration
2013 Foça (Turkey)
2014 Iusy Festival Ghajn Tuffieha (Malta)
2015 Santa Cruz (Torres Vedras) (Portugal)
2016 Palermo (Italy)
2018 Rota (Spain)
2019 Varna (Bulgaria)
2022 Vlorë (Albania)
2024 Santa Cruz (Torres Vedras) (Portugal)

References

"ECOSY-Young European Socialists asbl".
[https://ec.europa.eu/youth/sites/youth/files/european-youth-forum-grant-evaluation-2013_en.pdf Evaluation of the European Commission-European Youth Forum Operating Grant Agreements ]

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