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• The EU needs a frugal budget that invests into the future!

  After the summer recess is over, the Commission, European Parliament and Member States’ governments are now grinding into budget negotiation mode. Commenting on today’s State of the Union address by the President of the European Commission, José Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 07, 2010 7:14 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• LYMEC present at IFLRY Executive Committee

  Between 6.-8. August, LYMEC Bureau members Matilda Flemming and Claudia Benchescu were present in the city of St Petersburg. There the Executive Committee and Extraordinary General Assembly of the International Federation of Liberal Youth –the worldwide Read More... Posted Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:16 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• Unpaid internships must remain a possibility

  Reacting to the European Parliament resolution on youth access to the labour market, adopted at the July plenary session, LYMEC President Alexander Plahr states: “The ideas on internships laid out in this resolution certainly stem from the best intentions, Read More... Posted Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:44 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• LYMEC Bureau meets Croatian president

  Last weekend during their meeting in Zagreb, the LYMEC Bureau had the honour to visit the President of Croatia, Ivo Josipović. The President recieved the LYMEC delegation in his presidential palace in Zagreb. After meeting his chief political analyst, Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:17 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• Rocking Liverpool: LYMEC exchanges experinces about local politics

  From 6th to 11th July, around 25 young liberals from all over Europe met in Liverpool in the United Kingdom to discuss how local government can deliver for citizens while at the same time keeping budgets balanced. The nearly week-long seminar “Liberal Read More... Posted Monday, July 12, 2010 12:02 PM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• LYMEC and Young Democrats for Europe discuss the future of the Euro

  At last week’s ALDE European Summer Academy about the Euro and Eurozone stability the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) and the Young Democrats for Europe (YDE) discussed the future of the Euro as a common currency. Around 80 participants from the youth Read More... Posted Monday, June 28, 2010 5:34 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• Only an EU wide constituency guarantees truly ‘European’ parliamentary elections

  One year after the European Parliament (EP) elections, the Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe), the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) and the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) want to remind of the necessity of reforming the electoral system Read More... Posted Friday, June 11, 2010 1:11 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• Stricten and enforce the Stability and Growth Pact!

  Before the meeting of the Eurogroup and the ECOFIN Council this week, the European Liberal Youth LYMEC calls for a reform of the Stability and Growth Pact. LYMEC President Alexander Plahr states: “The watering down of the Stability and Growth Pact and Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:39 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• LYMEC Bureau kicks off in Brussels

  The new LYMEC bureau gatered in Brussels last weekend for its first official meeting. At this occasion, the members of the bureau discussed their priorities and targets for the next two years. The leading theme for the coming year 2011 will be justice Read More... Posted Monday, May 31, 2010 10:11 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• Transatlantic data protection must be credible!

  Today the European commission will propose a mandate for the negotiation of a new comprehensive data protection agreement between the European Union and the United States of America. LYMEC President Alexander Plahr states: “We welcome that the Commission Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:13 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• LYMEC welcomes EP Report on university-business dialogue: a new partnership for the modernisation of Europe’s universities

  Just a month after a LYMEC seminar on the topic of “Education as a location factor”, where we tackled the problems of competitiveness, flexibility and efficiency of current education systems in Europe, European Parliament adopted a resolution for the Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 25, 2010 8:16 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• LYMEC: No EU Tobin Tax!

  The European Liberal Youth LYMEC strongly critizices the idea of introducing a financial transaction or activity tax in Europe. This idea, rooted in socialist anti-globalization movements, these days is brought into the debate from different corners of Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:14 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• LYMEC: Deficit reduction is essential for intergenerational fairness

  The European Liberal Youth LYMEC calls for a sharp reduction of budget deficits in Europe as a question of justice across generations. LYMEC President Alexander Plahr comments: 'We applaud the recent decissions by the Spanish and Portugese governments Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:51 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• When elections affect more than only a state

  German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has elected a new government. Not yet, some might say, but let’s take a closer look: Germany’s largest federal state by inhabitants and economical power has been ruled by Social Democrats (SPD) for Read More... Posted Sunday, May 16, 2010 6:22 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• LYMEC elects a new leadership in Romania

  Last weekend LYMEC – the European liberal youth – elected a new bureau during its annual congress held in Sinaia. After leading the organisation for two years and being a board member for seven years, Aloys Rigaut (Jeunes MR, Belgium) stepped down as Read More... Posted Monday, May 03, 2010 4:49 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments