European Young Conservatives

European Young Conservatives
Chairman	Radosław Fogiel
Deputy Chairman	Jakub Sivák Jacopo Piccinetti
Vice-Chairman	Raz Granot Christopher Smyth Tobias Weische Giovanni Contini Mo Metcalf Fisher Viktor Rooseleer Alexios Karamanolas
Secretary General	Alexander Redpath
Treasurer	Evelina Vulpe
Founded	August 1993
Split from	Democrat Youth Community of Europe
Headquarters	Margaret Thatcher House, 85 Western Road, Romford, London, RM1 3LS United Kingdom
Ideology	Conservatism Euroscepticism
International affiliation	International Young Democrat Union
Website	www.eyconservatives.org

The European Young Conservatives (EYC) is a grouping of youth wings of conservative and centre-right political parties in Europe.

As of 2014, the group has a membership of 25 political youth organisations from 22 different countries and territories, in addition to four associated members. The EYC is independent and not affiliated with any European political party, but maintains a non-exclusive relationship with the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (formerly known as the European Conservatives and Reformists).

The EYC is a full member of the International Young Democrat Union.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Membership
  
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    2.1 Associate members
    
  
  
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    2.2 Former members
    
  
  


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  3 Footnotes
  

History

The EYC was founded in August 1993 by the youth wings of the British Conservative Party, Danish Conservative People's Party, and Icelandic Independence Party, under the leadership of Andrew Rosindell, then-chairman of the UK's Young Conservatives.^[1]

It emerged from a split in the centre-right Democrat Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC), which separated into two factions: the larger part, following a broadly Christian democratic philosophy; and the smaller part, led by Rosindell, following a broadly conservative philosophy. Two crucial points of disagreement were the scope of economic liberalisation and the desirability of a federal Europe.

From 1993 to 1997, the group was led by Rosindell.^[2] The group gave training to newly established democratic political parties in Russia, Belarus, and Azerbaijan.^[3]

The EYC generally holds three conference events per year, with the largest being the autumn Freedom Summit. It has held Freedom Summits in Cambridge, United Kingdom (2014 and 2015), Porto, Portugal (2016), and Warsaw, Poland (2017) as well as summer camps in Stockholm, Sweden (2014), Tbilisi, Georgia (2016), and Prague, Czech Republic (2017), and annual congresses in Warsaw, Poland (2012),^[4]Istanbul, Turkey (2014), Prague, Czech Republic (2012, 2013 and 2015), Brussels, Belgium (2016) and London, United Kingdom (2017).^[5]

Since 2016, an internal conflict between civic and ethnic nationalists has emerged within the EYC. The ethnic nationalists were opposed to the membership of Turkish and Israeli parties and claimed the EYC has "replaced anti-immigration politics with free market capitalism".^[6] Resulting from the dispute, the Finns Party Youth announced its withdrawal on May 18, 2017, with its leader Samuli Voutila saying: "We cannot be members in the same organization as the new Turkish sultan’s youth wing, when it acts against European values."^[7] On June 12, the Estonian movement Blue Awakening sent a letter to the EYC demanding the expulsion of the Turkish AK Party Youth within seven days. The letter was later published on Richard B. Spencer's website AltRight.com.^[6][8]

Membership

The EYC has twenty-five member organisations:^[9]

Country	Organisation	Mother party	European party
Armenia	Prosperous Armenia Youth	Prosperous Armenia		ACRE
Belarus	BPF Youth	BPF Party		ACRE
Belgium	Jong N-VA	N-VA		EFA
Bulgaria	YBWC	-		None
Czech Republic	Young Conservatives	Civic Democratic Party		ACRE
Faroe Islands	Huxa	People's Party		ACRE
Georgia	Young Conservatives	Conservative Party of Georgia		ACRE
Germany	Young Reformer	Alliance for Progress and Renewal		ACRE
Germany	Young Alternative for Germany	Alternative for Germany		None
Iceland	Young Independents	Independence Party		ACRE
Italy	Conservatives and Reformists	Conservatives and Reformists		ACRE
Italy	Youth for Freedom	-		None
Israel	Likud	Likud		ACRE (regional partner)
Latvia	For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK Youth Club	For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK		None
Liechtenstein	Junge FBP	Progressive Citizens' Party		None
Lithuania	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Youth Organisation	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania		ACRE
Luxembourg	adrenalin, déi jonk adr	Alternative Democratic Reform Party		ACRE
Norway	Progress Party's Youth	Progress Party		None
Poland	Law and Justice Youth Forum	Law and Justice		ACRE
Portugal	People's Youth	Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party		EPP
Romania	New Republic Youth	New Republic		ACRE
Switzerland	Young SVP	Swiss People's Party		None
United Kingdom	Young Conservatives	Conservative Party		ACRE
United Kingdom	Conservative Future Scotland	Conservative Party		ACRE
United Kingdom	Young Unionists	Ulster Unionist Party		ACRE

Associate members

Country	Organisation	Mother party
Australia	Young Liberals	Liberal Party of Australia
Canada	Young Conservatives	Conservative Party of Canada
New Zealand	New Zealand Young Nationals	New Zealand National Party
United States	Young Republicans	Republican Party

Former members

Country	Organisation	Mother party	Notes
Estonia	Blue Awakening	Conservative People's Party of Estonia	Was expelled on 18 July 2017 after criticizing Turkish government policies
Finland	Finns Party Youth	Finns Party	Left on 18 May 2017 in protest against Turkish government policies
Turkey	AK Party Youth	Justice and Development Party	Was expelled on 21/22 October 2017 due to perceived human rights violations in Turkey by the AKP[10]

Footnotes

1. 
   ^ Mercer, Paul (1994). Directory of British Political Organisations. London: Longman. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-582-23729-2. 
   


2. 
   ^ "Andrew Rosindell". Parliament. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
   


3. 
   ^ "After the Campaign Rush". BBC News. 7 June 2001. 
   


4. 
   ^ "Europejscy Młodzi Konserwatyści na kongresie w Warszawie". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2012. 
   


5. 
   ^ "EYC Congress gathered in Prague". European Young Conservatives. Archived from the original on August 24, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2012. 
   


6. 
   ^ ^ab Lyons, Charles (12 June 2017). "Estonian Blue Awakening Gives European Young Conservatives 7 Days To Stop Their Cuckish Ways". AltRight.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017. 
   


7. 
   ^ The Finns Party Youth leaves European Young Conservatives. 18.05.2017.
   


8. 
   ^ "EKRE's youth organization thrown out of European Young Conservatives". 19 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018. 
   


9. 
   ^ "Members". European Young Conservatives. Retrieved May 21, 2012. 
   


10. 
    ^ https://euobserver.com/tickers/139586
    

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