European Democrat Students

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

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.

  1. ^ Bauer, Bence (2012). Students on the Right Way. European Democrat Students 1961-2011. Bruxelles: Wilfred Martens Center. pp. 25–32. ISBN 978-9090266671.