European Democrat Students

European Democrat Students (EDS) is a pan-European centre-right student and youth political association, and the official student organisation of the European People's Party. Founded in Vienna by Scandinavian, German and Austrian students in 1961, it represents over 1,600,000 students and young people in 40 member organisations from 35 countries in Europe, and is the largest youth organisation in Europe. Its stated goal is to promote a free, democratic and united Europe through a greater student mobility and comprehensive education policies across the continent.

European Democrat Students (EDS)
Formation1961 (1961)
Type
HeadquartersRue du Commerce 10, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
Chairman
Beppe Galea
Secretary General
Vladimir Kljajić
Parent organization
European People's Party (also European Democrat Union)
AffiliationsInternational Young Democrat Union
European Youth Forum
Websitewww.edsnet.eu
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