Jeunes Européens Fédéralistes

Infobox Organization
name = Young European Federalists


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motto = Europe united, the solution we got
formation = 1972
type = Political Youth NGO
headquarters = Brussels, Belgium
location = flag|Europe
membership = 35,000
language = English
leader_title = President
leader_name = Samuele Pii
key_people = Jessica Chamba, Toni Giugliano, Peter Matjašič, Till Burckhardt, George Kipouros
num_staff = 2 (at the European secretariat)
budget = EUR 250,000
website = [http://www.jef.eu/ jef.eu]

Young European Federalists (JEF, French "Jeunes Européens fédéralistes", German "Junge Europäische Föderalisten", Italian "Gioventù Federalista Europea", Czech "Mladí evropští federalisté" etc.) is a political youth organization. Active in most European countries and with 35,000 membersFact|date=September 2008, it seeks to promote European integration through the strengthening and democratisation of the European Union (EU). JEF has close ties to the European Movement and the Union of European Federalists and is a full member of the European Youth Forum (YFJ).

Several influential members of the European Parliament (MEPs), including Richard Corbett and Jo Leinen (PES) and Monica Frassoni (Greens), served as JEF officers in their teens and twenties.

=Organization=JEF has about 35,000 members in 35 widely autonomous national sections, which are coordinated by a European umbrella organization, JEF-Europe. [http://www.jef.eu/images/stories/jef_images/rtemagicc_48c7383061.gif.gif] .

JEF-Europe

JEF-Europe is an International association without lucrative purpose (IVZW/AISBL) under Belgian law. The European Secretariat is based in Brussels.

The European Congress

The highest decision-making body of JEF is the European Congress, which meets every two years in a different city. The delegates are elected by the members of national sections or their representatives in proportion to the number of subscribers of each section.

The Congress elects the President and two Vice Presidents as well as 20 directly elected members of the Federal Committee.

The Federal Committee

The Federal Committee (FC) meets twice a year and is composed by the President, the two Vice Presidents, the 20 members directly elected by the Congress, and a number of national representatives corresponding appointed by each of the national member sections. The Secretary General, the Treasurer, and additional co-opted members participate in the meeting without a voting right.

The Federal Committee is chaired by a presidium of three members and adopts the political and strategical guidelines and oversees the activity of the Executive Bureau. It elects four additional members of the Executive Bureau and ratifies the appointment of the Secretary General and the Treasurer.

The Executive Bureau

The Executive Bureau (EB) is chaired by the President and includes the two Vice Presidents, the Secretary General, the Treasurer, and at least four elected Federal Committee members. It is responsible for the implementation of the external and internal policy resolutions adopted by the Congress and the Federal Committee and the management of the organization.

It meets at least four times every year.

The team (2007-2009)

Since the 19th European Congress the Executive Bureau is composed by:
*President: Samuele Pii
*Senior Vice President: Jessica Chamba
*Junior Vice President: Toni Giugliano
*Secretary General: Vassilis Stamogiannis
*Treasurer: Till Burckhardt

Executive Federal Committee Members:
*Sofia Tyligada
*Vaida Česnulevičiūtė
*Florent Banfi
*Tobias Kohler

The Arbitration Board

The Arbitration Board (AB), composed by five members appointed by the Congress, is responsible for the resolution of statutory litigations between members.

The Auditors Committee

The Auditors Committee, composed by three members appointed by the Congress, is responsible for auditing the annual accounts.

=Related articles=
*European Movement
*Federalism

External weblinks

* [http://www.jef.eu/ Young European Federalists]