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Formation | 1961 |
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Headquarters | Rue du Commerce 10, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium |
Chairman | Beppe Galea |
Secretary General | Vladimir Kljajić |
Parent organization | European People's Party (also European Democrat Union) |
Affiliations | International Young Democrat Union European Youth Forum |
Website | www |
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,[1] it represents over 600,000 students and young people in 34 member organisations from 30 countries in Europe and Asia. Its stated goal is to promote a free, democratic and united Europe through a greater student mobility and comprehensive education policies across the continent.