Young Liberals (Germany)

Political youth organization

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Young Liberals

Junge Liberale (JuLis)

Chairman| Franziska Brandmann
Vice-Chairperson| Tobias Weiskopf
Paavo Czwikla
Nemir Ali
Treasurer| Constantin Borges
Founded| 1980
Headquarters| Berlin
Membership| 15,000
Ideology| Liberalism
European federalism[1]
Position| Centre to centre-right
Mother party| Free Democratic Party
International affiliation| IFLRY, LYMEC
Magazine| j+l
Website| julis.de

The Young Liberals (German: Junge Liberale, JuLis), is a political youth organisation in Germany. It is the financially and organisationally independent youth wing of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The JuLis claim about 15,000 members,[2] making it the third largest youth organisation in Germany.

## Political profile

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The current policy statement of the JuLis was passed in 2008. It is a revision of the policy statement of 1994, and is called "Humanistic Liberalism - thought for the future". It focuses on the market economy and civil liberties, being supplemented by the democratic resolutions of regular congresses.

The political objectives of the JuLis mostly aim to the same general objectives as the FDP, however they often differ in details. The Young Liberals advocate civil liberties, sociopolitics and an ecologically sustainable social market economy. The JuLis focus on political freedom, self-responsibility, equal opportunity, deregulation and reducing the state's influence to its core competences such as the prevention from economic cartels.

The Young Liberals often perceive themselves as the policy making stimulus of the FDP and try to propose innovations into the party, sometimes succeeding e.g. in the FDP's decision to challenge the abandonment of the German compulsory military service, to support of the concept of an ecologically-sustainable social market economy, and replacement of existing social welfare benefits with a basic income called Bürgergeld.

## History

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The JuLis were founded in 1980, and was recognized as the official FDP youth wing in 1983. Prior to 1982, Jungdemokraten (Young Democrats) had been the FDP youth organisation.

## Persons

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### Chairpersons

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* Hans-Joachim Otto (1980–1983)
* Guido Westerwelle (1983–1988)
* Georg Neubauer (1988–1989)
* Hermann Brem (1989)
* Birgit Homburger (1990–1993)
* Ralph Lange (1993–1995)
* Michael Kauch (1995–1999)
* Daniel Bahr (1999–2004)
* Jan Dittrich (2004–2005)
* Johannes Vogel (2005–2010)
* Lasse Becker (2010–2013)
* Alexander Hahn (2013–2014)
* Konstantin Kuhle (2014–2018)
* Ria Schröder (2018–2020)
* Jens Teutrine (2020–2021)
* Franziska Brandmann (2021–)

## International relations

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The JuLis is a full member organisation of the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC), a pan-European umbrella of liberal youth organisations. On the international level, the JuLis are the German member of the International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY).

## References

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1. ^ "junge liberale". junge liberale (in German). 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
2. ^ Who we are About Young Liberals

## External links

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* Young Liberals (JuLis) official site (in German)
* Program and resolutions (in German)

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Free Democratic Party

President of Germany|

* Theodor Heuss
* Walter Scheel

Federal chairmen|

* Heuss
* Blücher
* Dehler
* Maier
* Mende
* Scheel
* Genscher
* Bangemann
* Lambsdorff
* Kinkel
* Gerhardt
* Westerwelle
* Rösler
* Lindner
* Dürr

Leaders in the
Bundestag|

* Heuss
* Schäfer
* Euler
* Schäfer
* Dehler
* Becker
* Mende
* Kühlmann-Stumm
* Mischnick
* Solms
* Gerhardt
* Westerwelle
* Homburger
* Brüderle
* Lindner

Governments|

* Adenauer I
* Adenauer II
* Adenauer IV
* Adenauer V
* Erhard I
* Erhard II
* Kiesinger
* Brandt I
* Brandt II
* Schmidt I
* Schmidt II
* Schmidt III
* Kohl I
* Kohl II
* Kohl III
* Kohl IV
* Kohl V
* Merkel II
* Scholz
* Merz

Affiliated
organisations|

* Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups
* Friedrich Naumann Foundation
* Young Liberals
* Liberal International
* European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
* Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

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* Liberalism in Germany
* Jamaica coalition
* Social–liberal coalition
* Traffic light coalition

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* VIAF

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