# Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations

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, fascism, 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! |

## Attendance

| Country | Youth organizations | 18. | 17. | 16. | X | 15. | 14. | 13. | 12. | 11. | 10. | 9. | 8. | 7. | 6. | 5. | 4. | 3. | 2. | 1. |
| Country | Youth organizations | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2011 | 2010 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2001 |
| Country | Youth organizations | Rome | Larnaca | Belgrade | Online meeting | Linz | Athens | Istanbul | Rome | Frankfurt am Main | Madrid | Prague | Brussels | Barcelona | Istanbul | Prague | Istanbul | Lisbon | Athens | Madrid |
| Austria | Communist Youth of Austria | x | - | ? | x | x | x | - | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Belgium | COMAC | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Croatia | Young Socialists (Croatia) | x | - | ? | x | - | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Cyprus | United Democratic Youth Organisation (Cyprus) | x | x | ? | x | x | x | - | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Czech Republic | Communist Youth Union | - | - | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Denmark | Communist Youth of Denmark | x | - | ? | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Finland | Communist Youth League (Finland) | - | - | ? | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Finland | Kommunistinuoret | - | - | ? | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| France | Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France | x | - | ? | x | x | x | - | - | x | x | - | x | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Germany | Socialist German Workers Youth | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Greece | Communist Youth of Greece | x | - | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Hungary | Left Front – Communist Youth Alliance | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Ireland | Connolly Youth Movement | x | - | ? | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Ireland | Workers’ Party Youth | x | x | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | Front of Communist Youth | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Italy | Federazione Giovanile Comunista Italiana | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Italy | Young Communists (Italy) | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Latvia | Youth of Socialist Workers’ Party of Latvia | - | - | ? | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Netherlands | Communist Youth Movement (Netherlands) | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Norway | Young Communists in Norway | x | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Poland | Communist Youth of Poland | - | - | ? | - | - | x | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Portugal | Portuguese Communist Youth | - | x | ? | x | x | x | - | - | x | x | x | x | - | x | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Romania | Union of Communist Youth | - | - | ? | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Russia | Russian Communist Youth League | - | - | ? | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Russia | All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks | x | x | ? | x | - | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Serbia | Young Communist League of Yugoslavia | - | - | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Spain | Collectives of Communist Youth | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Spain | Communist Youth Union of Spain | - | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ? | ? | ? | x |
| Spain | Communist Youth of Catalonia | - | - | ? | x | x | - | - | x | x | x | - | - | x | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Sweden | Communist Youth of Sweden | x | x | ? | - | - | x | x | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Sweden | Revolutionary Communist Youth (Sweden) | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Turkey | Communist Youth of Turkey | x | x | ? | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | ? | ? | ? | - |
| United Kingdom | Young Communist League | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | x | x | x | x | ? | ? | ? | x |