Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations
Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | MECYO |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far Left |
| Colours | Red |
The Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations (MECYO) is an annual conference of communist-oriented youth associations from across Europe. It was established to enhance the exchange of experiences between these organizations and to develop a shared political assessment and joint actions in certain areas.[1]
At the conclusion of each meeting, the participating youth organizations publish a joint political declaration. For example, in 2006, during the 5th MECYO meeting in Prague, the congress condemned the ban of the Communist Youth Union of Bohemia and Moravia (KSM).[2]
In 2020, on the 103rd anniversary of the October Revolution, the MECYO organized an online meeting in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The event, titled “Youth in Survival Against Pandemic and Capitalism: Socialism or Barbarism”, brought together youth organizations from across Europe to discuss the challenges faced by young people during the pandemic. The meeting served as a platform for exchanging strategies and insights into how the youth movements have navigated social and political struggle caused by the global health crisis.[3]
Conferences
| Number | Year | Location | Motto |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2001 | Madrid | |
| 2. | 2003 | Athens | |
| 3. | 2004 | Lisbon | |
| 4. | 2005 | Istanbul | |
| 5. | 2006 | Prague | |
| 6. | 2007 | Istanbul | |
| 7. | 2008 | Barcelona | Let us fight for social change in Europe! For socialism! |
| 8. | 2010 | Brussels | The struggle of young communists against capitalist barbarism and anti-communism; for socialism. |
| 9. | 2011 | Prague | 20 years after the counterrevolution and the overthrow of socialism in Europe. The future of the youth is socialism. |
| 10. | 2014 | Madrid | Capitalist crisis, struggles of the youth, role of the communist youth organizations. |
| 11. | 2015 | Frankfurt am Main | 70 years after the antifascist victory of the peoples: Capitalism still creates crises, fascism, wars. The hope for the youth lies in the socialist tomorrow. |
| 12. | 2016 | Rome | The role and struggle of the communist youth in the revolutionary war against monopoly capital and the imperialists. |
| 13. | 2017 | Istanbul | We are taking lessons a hundred years after the Great October Socialist Revolution, fighting for socialism, our future! |
| 14. | 2018 | Athens | We strengthen the Communist Youth Organizations! We reinforce the struggle against the imperialist war and the capitalist exploitation, for the contemporary rights of the youth in education-work-life. |
| 15. | 2019 | Linz | The revolution proclaims: “I was, I am, I will be!” The youth is the future. The future is socialism. |
| 16. | 2022 | Belgrade | Hope lies in the struggle of the peoples – Against capitalist exploitation and imperialist wars – For Socialism! |
| 17. | 2023 | Larnaca | The youth united, organized and militant, in the front line of the struggle! Against imperialist wars and oppression, against the capitalist exploitation. For the Europe of the Workers, for socialism! |
| 18. | 2024 | Rome | Youth of Europe, rise up against imperialist war and capitalist exploitation, to achieve our future! We struggle united holding high the flag of October for the new society, for socialism! |
| 19. | 2025 | London | United we stand against war, poverty, oppression, and capitalist exploitation. Together, we will build a socialist Europe in solidarity with the world’s peoples. |
Attendance
| Country | Youth organizations | 19. | 18. | 17. | 16. | X | 15. | 14. | 13. | 12. | 11. | 10. | 9. | 8. | 7. | 6. | 5. | 4. | 3. | 2. | 1. |
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2011 | 2010 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2001 | ||
| London | Rome | Larnaca | Belgrade | Online meeting | Linz | Athens | Istanbul | Rome | Frankfurt am Main | Madrid | Prague | Brussels | Barcelona | Istanbul | Prague | Istanbul | Lisbon | Athens | Madrid | ||
| Austria | Communist Youth of Austria | x | x | - | ? | x | x | x | - | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Belgium | COMAC | x | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Croatia | Young Socialists (Croatia) | x | x | - | ? | x | - | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Cyprus | United Democratic Youth Organisation (Cyprus) | x | x | x | ? | x | x | x | - | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Czech Republic | Communist Youth Union | x | - | - | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Denmark | Communist Youth of Denmark | - | x | - | ? | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Finland | Communist Youth League (Finland) | - | - | - | ? | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Finland | Kommunistinuoret | - | - | - | ? | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| France | Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France | x | x | - | ? | x | x | x | - | - | x | x | - | x | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Germany | Socialist German Workers Youth | x | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Greece | Communist Youth of Greece | x | x | - | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Hungary | Left Front – Communist Youth Alliance | - | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Ireland | Connolly Youth Movement | x | x | - | ? | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Ireland | Workers’ Party Youth | x | x | x | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | Front of Communist Youth | x | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Italy | Federazione Giovanile Comunista Italiana | - | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Italy | Young Communists (Italy) | - | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Latvia | Youth of Socialist Workers’ Party of Latvia | - | - | - | ? | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Netherlands | Communist Youth Movement (Netherlands) | x | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Norway | Young Communists in Norway | - | x | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Poland | Communist Youth of Poland | - | - | - | ? | - | - | x | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Portugal | Portuguese Communist Youth | x | - | x | ? | x | x | x | - | - | x | x | x | x | - | x | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Romania | Union of Communist Youth | - | - | - | ? | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Russia | Russian Communist Youth League | - | - | - | ? | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Russia | All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks | x | x | x | ? | x | - | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Serbia | Young Communist League of Yugoslavia | - | - | - | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Spain | Collectives of Communist Youth | x | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Spain | Communist Youth Union of Spain | - | - | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Spain | Communist Youth of Catalonia | x | - | - | ? | x | x | - | - | x | x | x | - | - | x | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Sweden | Communist Youth of Sweden | x | x | x | ? | - | - | x | x | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Sweden | Revolutionary Communist Youth (Sweden) | - | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Turkey | Communist Youth of Turkey | x | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| United Kingdom | Young Communist League | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | x | x | x | x | ? | ? | ? | x |
References
- ^ "10th meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations in Madrid". 2014-02-14. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Final Declaration of the 5th Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations". 2008-11-08. Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Youth in Survival Against Pandemic and Capitalism: SOCIALISM or BARBARISM". In Defense of Communism. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2025-02-10.