Young European Socialists


Young European Socialists, formerly the European Community Organisation of Socialist Youth, 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 and is a sister organization of the International Union of Socialist Youth. The seat of the organisation is Brussels.
Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with both these bodies.

History

YES was founded as the European Community Organisation of Socialist Youth in November 1992 in Oegstgeest/The Hague. The preparatory committee consisted of Philip Cordery, Joris Jurriëns, Jens Geier, Giustina Magistretti, and Pascal Smet.
Before 1992 the European activities had been coordinated inside IUSY, especially in the European Leaders Meeting.
The European Socialist Youth, 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 at the 11th Congress in Bommersvik in 2013.

Affiliated organisations

Full members

Observers

Presidents

Since the founding of ECOSY in 1992 until 1997, the presidency rotated simultaneously with the EU Presidency
  • 1992 Tracy Paul
  • 1993 Henrik Sass Larsen
  • 1993 Ronald Gossiaux
  • 1994 Vasilis Togias
  • 1994 Reinhold Rünker
  • 1995 Renaud Lagrave
  • 1995 Martin Guillermo
  • 1995 Paco-Luis Benitez
  • 1996 Vinicio Peluffo
  • 1996 Mick McLoughlin
  • 1997 Thomas Windmulder
Afterwards, ECOSY has an elected president

Secretaries General

  • 1992–1997 Philip Cordery
  • 1997–1999 Pau Solanilla
  • 1999–2003 Yonnec Polet
  • 2003–2005 Ilias Antoniou
  • 2005–2009 Ania Skrzypek
  • 2009–2011 Janna Besamusca
  • 2011–2015 Thomas Maes
  • 2015–2017 Nina Živanović
  • 2017–2019 Tuulia Pitkänen
  • 2019–2020 Maj Christensen Jensen
  • 2020–2023 Ana Pirtskhalava
  • 2023–2025 Sofie Amalie Stage
  • 2025–present Irja Vaateri

Congresses

Summer camps