YDE - Young Democrats for Europe

The Young Democrats for Europe is the youth wing of the European Democratic Party and of Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Parliamentary Group. It was announced on 9 May 2007, the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, and formally established at its first conference on 22 September 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The founding members are the youth wings of the seven EDP founding political parties. After 3 congresses in Brussels, Bilbao and in Paris, the YDE has 11 members in 9 European countries and partners in a dozen of other European countries.