Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations

Map of all countries from which organizations have participated in at least one conference of the Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations.|280x280px Logo for the 15th meeting of MECYO in Linz 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.

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).

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.

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, [...], 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.

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

Communist Youth of Austria

x

x

-

?

x

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

x

-

-

x

?

?

?

-

COMAC

x

-

-

?

-

-

-

-

-

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

?

?

?

-

Young Socialists (Croatia)

x

x

-

?

x

-

x

x

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

United Democratic Youth Organisation (Cyprus)

x

x

x

?

x

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

?

?

?

x

Communist Youth Union

x

-

-

?

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

x

?

?

?

-

Communist Youth of Denmark

-

x

-

?

-

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Communist Youth League (Finland)

-

-

-

?

-

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

x

Kommunistinuoret

-

-

-

?

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France

x

x

-

?

x

x

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Socialist German Workers Youth

x

x

x

?

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

?

?

?

-

Communist Youth of Greece

x

x

-

?

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

?

?

?

x

Left Front – Communist Youth Alliance

-

-

-

?

-

-

-

-

x

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Connolly Youth Movement

x

x

-

?

x

x

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Workers’ Party Youth

x

x

x

?

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Front of Communist Youth

x

x

x

?

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Federazione Giovanile Comunista Italiana

-

-

-

?

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Young Communists (Italy)

-

-

-

?

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

?

?

?

x

Youth of Socialist Workers’ Party of Latvia

-

-

-

?

-

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Communist Youth Movement (Netherlands)

x

x

x

?

x

x

x

x

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

?

?

?

-

Young Communists in Norway

-

x

-

?

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

-

x

-

-

x

?

?

?

-

Communist Youth of Poland

-

-

-

?

-

-

x

x

-

-

-

x

-

-

-

x

?

?

?

-

Portuguese Communist Youth

x

-

x

?

x

x

x

-

-

x

x

x

x

-

x

x

?

?

?

-

Union of Communist Youth

-

-

-

?

x

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Russian Communist Youth League

-

-

-

?

x

x

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks

x

x

x

?

x

-

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

x

?

?

?

-

Young Communist League of Yugoslavia

-

-

-

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

-

-

x

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Collectives of Communist Youth

x

x

x

?

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

?

?

?

-

Communist Youth Union of Spain

-

-

x

?

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

?

?

?

x

Communist Youth of Catalonia

x

-

-

?

x

x

-

-

x

x

x

-

-

x

-

-

?

?

?

-

Communist Youth of Sweden

x

x

x

?

-

-

x

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

?

?

?

-

Revolutionary Communist Youth (Sweden)

-

-

-

?

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

?

?

?

-

Communist Youth of Turkey

x

x

x

?

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

?

?

?

-

Young Communist League

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

-

-

-

-

x

x

x

x

?

?

?

x

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