JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS
| JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS JUNOS – Junge liberale NEOS | |
|---|---|
NEOS – The New Austria | |
| International affiliation | International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) |
| European affiliation | European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) |
| Website | www |
JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS (
Founded in 1993 under the name Liberales StudentInnenforum (Liberal Students' Forum, or LSF) as Liberal Forum's youth organization, they broke with the mother party in 2009. Under the new name JuLis – Young Liberals Austria (German: Junge Liberale Österreich), they competed as an independent liberal party in the 2009 European elections.
Ahead of the 2013 legislative election they teamed up with the new liberal NEOS party,[1] with JuLis chairperson Nikolaus Scherak entering the Austrian parliament. In March 2014 they integrated with NEOS representing the party's youth wing.[2]
History
Liberal Students' Forum (1993–2009)
 | This article is missing information about the pre-2009 period. (February 2015) |
Young Liberals (2009–2013)
At their 2009 congress, Liberal Students’ Forum disintegrated from
Due to formal reasons, the JuLis were not able to compete in the elections to the Austrian Students' Association (German: ÖH) in 2009 and were subsequently not represented in the period 2009-2011.[4]
During their III. Federal Congress in October 2010, the JuLis presented the "liberal manifesto for tertiary education"[5] and announced their candidature for the ÖH-elections 2011. Out of several dozen contestants, the JuLis were the only ones in favour of a system of deferred tuition fees, citing the inadequate studying conditions and extremely high dropout quotes in Austria’s public universities, which have a longstanding tradition of free and unrestricted education for everyone holding the matura. Nevertheless, the JuLis were able to secure three seats in the federal assembly of the ÖH and parts of the new program of the Austrian minister of science Karlheinz Töchterle resembled very closely to what the JuLis had proposed several months earlier.[6]
Despite the JuLis having a “complete party manifesto”,
JUNOS (since 2013)
| This article is missing information about the post-2013 period. (February 2015) |
National board
The current national board was elected at the XXI. Federal Congress, which took place on November 2, 2019 in Vienna:
- Anna Stürgkh (President)
- Paul Pfahnl (Vice-President)
- Julia Deutsch (Secretary General)
- Bastian de Monte (International Officer)
- Clemens Ableidinger (Member of Board, Policy)
- Elma Jusic (Member of Board, Organizational Development)
- Jan Ritter (Member of Board, Communication)
- Florian Parfuss (Member of Board, Marketing)
- Stef Slager (President JUNOS Students)
Political values
The JuLis see themselves as the only supporters of
Structure
Since their foundation in 2009, the Young Liberals Austria are organised in federal groups that correspond to the nine federal states of Austria. As of January 2012, the JuLis have active groups in
External links
- Official website (in German)
References
- ^ Die Presse: NEOS: Die Neuen in der Mitte, 27. Oktober 2012.
- ^ "JuLis heißen nun JUNOS und sind Teil der NEOS". Der Standard (in German). 22 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Der Standard, 20.04.2009: Karin Resetarits ermöglicht JuLis Antreten
- ^ Die Presse, 13.05.2009: ÖH-Wahl: Liberale scheitern an rechtlichen Hürden
- ^ Das liberale Hochschulprogramm
- ^ Junge Liberale Österreich, Pressemitteilung: JuLis begrüßen Konzept von Bundesminister Töchterle
- ^ Der Standard, 27.05.2011: „Wir wünschen uns eine liberale Partei im Nationalrat.“ Claudia Gamon über das gute Abschneiden der JuLis und das Erfolgsrezept Studiengebühren.
- ^ Die Presse, 28.05.2011: Liberale Sehnsüchte
- ^ Der Standard, 26.05.2011: Universitäten als Hoffnungsgebiet für Österreichs Liberale
- ^ Die Presse: NEOS: Die Neuen in der Mitte, 27. Oktober 2012.
- ^ Manifesto of the JuLis
- ^ Young Liberals Austria: About us