THE EUROPE WE BELIEVE IN
WHO ARE WE?
We are part of the Erasmus Generation. The European Union is our home. We were born in a Union in which traveling, working and living in a different states appears natural to us. We view national boundaries as a way to share our cultures and common values with other European citizens.
We embrace the key role of democratic principles, underlined in the Lisbon Treaty and enshrined in our political belief:
- Democracy
- Freedom
- Equality
- Participation
- Sustainability
- Solidarity
WHAT WE BELIEVE IN
We believe in a political Europe. The State of the Union is the results of years of ambitious work and our view of Europe is the proof that the European project can work. However, for us, the initial project – peace – is not sufficient to make Europe the Union it deserves to be.
We believe that we cannot wait to tackle Europe’s foremost challenges, among them, youth unemployment, migration and economic issues amongst others. A more integrated Europe is therefore the way to go to tackle these problems.
We want a stronger voice for Europe in the world:
- EU Foreign Policy needs to narrow the gap between the member States and to express a unique position.
- we need one person that is democratically elected and represents the Union on the International sphere.
We want the European Union to be in solidarity with continental and worldwide issues, while we want this solidarity to be shared across countries. We want Europe to be protagonist in the development of democracy and human rights within its borders and in the world. We want a more efficient economic governance to avoid States’ default and speculative investments between EU member States.
WE NEED EUROPEANS TO IDENTIFY AS EUROPEANS.
We believe in freedom and democracy. We express our total solidarity to the youngsters fighting for the respect of the human rights and the rule of law all over the world.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to promote and maintain high participation rates, to foster greater political involvement of European youngsters, to help shape the European Democratic Party across the Continent, to share our ideas through the New Media, to let the European Institutions consider youth’s issues key problems to fight, to promote youth as a part of the solution and not as an issue, to promote sustainability, to increase fundings for Education, Research and Development and more important than any other, our mission is to represent and motivate youth to get involved in the change they want to see.
If we work hard enough and if we fight long enough, we can finally bring change to Europe.
We are the Young Democrats for Europe.