Young European Socialists

Young European Socialists (YES)
Young European Socialists (YES)
President	Enric López Jurado
Vice President	Joao Martins Pereira; Rachid Khenissi; Evelyn Logghe; Karlo Vedak; Kristina Scepanovic; Ines Joao Rodrigues; Hanna Kivimäki; Aleksandra Iwanowska; Alberto Bortolotti; Christopher Lindvall;
Secretary	Sofie Amalie Stage
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Rue Guimard 10-12; 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Ideology	Social democracy; Democratic socialism;
Mother party	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	International Union of Socialist Youth; Party of European Socialists; Progressive Alliance
Website	www.youngsocialists.eu

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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 foundation of ECOSY had been controversial. In particular, the Austrians and the Swedes promoted an all-European organisation, including non-EU members.

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 — Հայկական Երիտասարդաց Դաշնակցութիւն (ՀԵԴ)
Austria — Sozialistische Jugend Österreich (SJÖ)
Austria — Verband Sozialistischer StudentInnen Österreichs (VSStÖ)
Belgium — Jongsocialisten
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 — Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes (JS)
Germany — Jusos in der SPD
Greece — PASOK Youth
Hungary — Societas – Young Left
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 — Forum Zghazagh Laburisti (FZL)
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

Beside these 52 full member organisations there are 13 observer members

Belarus — Маладыя сацыял-дэмакраты - Маладая Грамада (МСД-МГ) / (MSD-MH)
Cyprus — Αγώνας / Agonas
Georgia (country) — Young Socialists Georgia (YSG)
Faroe Islands - SU Faroe Islands
Israel — Young Meretz, Meretz Youth
Hungary — Democratic Dynamism Hungary
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)