--- title: Young Democrats for Europe date: 2026-05-15T13:16:00+02:00 author: "dev@brik.digital" canonical_url: "https://democrats.eu/parties/young-democrats-for-europe/" section: Parties --- ![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27289%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)![](https://democrats.gumlet.io/images/Parties/young-democrats.png?width=400&mode=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=50&fp-y=50) [![](https://democrats.gumlet.io/images/Flags/european-union.svg)European Union](https://democrats.eu/countries/european-union/)# Young Democrats for Europe Party leader: Alice Bernard Year of accession to the EDP: 2019 [Send a mail](mailto:info@youngdemocrats.eu)[Visit the website](http://www.youngdemocrats.eu/) Follow us: [](https://www.facebook.com/YoungDemsEurope)[](https://x.com/YoungDemsEU)[](https://www.instagram.com/youngdemseu/) ## Bio **Young Democrats for Europe** (YDE / Jeunes Démocrates européens) is the youth organisation of the European Democratic Party. Formally established at its first conference in Vilnius in September 2007, it brings together young pro-European democrats and the youth movements of EDP member parties from across the continent — among them the Jeunes Démocrates of the French MoDem, one of its founding members. They are united by centrist, humanist and liberal-democratic values and by a shared commitment to the European project. At the heart of YDE's mission lies the engagement of a new generation in European political life: **the defence of democracy and the rule of law**, **the deepening of European integration**, and the conviction that young Europeans must be actors — not spectators — in shaping the Union's future. It offers a space for debate, mobilisation and political formation across borders. Within the European Democratic Party, which it joined in 2019, YDE embodies a conviction at the core of the EDP's vision: that the future of Europe belongs to those who will inherit it, and that a generation which grows up European is Europe's surest source of strength. ## Related news ![Young Democrats for Europe](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27411%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)![Young Democrats for Europe](https://democrats.gumlet.io/images/leader-summit-2026.jpg?width=400&height=411&mode=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=50&fp-y=50)[EAJ-PNV Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea](https://democrats.eu/parties/eaj-pnv/)[Italia Viva](https://democrats.eu/parties/italia-viva/) 16 10 2026 [Power or submission: EDP at the Renew Europe Leaders' Summit ](https://democrats.eu/news/power-or-submission-edp-at-the-renew-europe-leaders-summit/)[Read more](https://democrats.eu/news/power-or-submission-edp-at-the-renew-europe-leaders-summit/) ![Young Democrats for Europe](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27411%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)![Young Democrats for Europe](https://democrats.gumlet.io/images/313418010_499680888870796_2103863545910453396_n.png?width=400&height=411&mode=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=50&fp-y=50)[Generations](https://democrats.eu/topics/generations/)[Young Democrats for Europe](https://democrats.eu/parties/young-democrats-for-europe/) 15 11 2022 [Congress of Young Democrats for Europe on 5-6 November 2022 in Bilbao ](https://democrats.eu/news/european-youth-democrats-congress-november-5-6-2022-in-bilbao/)[Read more](https://democrats.eu/news/european-youth-democrats-congress-november-5-6-2022-in-bilbao/) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get all the latest information straight to your inbox <!\[CDATA\[YII-BLOCK-BODY-END\]\]>