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.^[1]

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).^[2]

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.^[3]

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.
		2024	2023	2022	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2011	2010	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2001
		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