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1 Statements on Twitter th February 2016 Open borders are one of Europe s greatest milestones. Let s keep it that way. #DontTouchMySchengen 18 th April 2016.@igorcaldeira: we cannot spend our way out of a crisis of expenditure and still say we defend intergenerational justice #politicalyouth 18 th April 2016.@igorcaldeira: we must dignify vocational education & training, social activism & entrepreneurship as well as NFE #politicalyouth

2 3 rd May 2016 #TTIPleak=objectives of both sides. We to ensure EU standards are respected 9 th May 2016 LYMEC on Europe Day: Schengen is too good to lose! #freemovement #EuropeDay #donttouchmyschengen #toogoodtolose

3 12 th May 2016 Political party youth organisations strongly oppose the idea to block the Spitzenkandidaten process: #transparency 17 th May 2016 LYMEC fights 4 equal rights to safe environments in schools,workplaces &public space #IDAHOT2016 #yourrightsourfight

4 21 st May in #politicalyouth debate: Biggest threat of extremism is that we give up civil liberties to fight it 7 th June 2016 debate #MigrationEU plan youth organizations say: we want to be part of solution

5 15 th June 2016 Statement by LYMEC on #Georgia & #Ukraine visa liberalization 20 th June 2016 The EU has guaranteed peace in #Europe for decades - it's #TooGoodToLose! #INtogether #StrongerIN

6 20 th June 2016 With >65 million refugees in the world we need #safepassages and #humanitarianvisas #WorldRefugeeDay #WithRefugees 20 th June 2016 EU helps young Brits study or work in other EU countries, & visa free travel. #INtogether #StrongerIN #TooGoodToLose

7 20 th June 2016 Political youth orgs agree: UK has everything to gain by voting #remain on Thu #BritsIN #YoungBritsIN #TooGoodToLose 21 st June 2016 Give the next generation the same opportunities u had -vote #remain! #BritsIN #ParentBritsIN #INtogether #StrongerIN

8 22 nd June 2016 The EU promotes and protects equal rights in the workplace, it's #TooGoodToLose! #INtogether #StrongerIN 22 nd June 2016 Political youth orgs agree: UK will gain by voting #remain. #BritsIN #INtogether #StrongerIN #TooGoodToLose

9 22 nd June 2016 The EU means cheaper goods and holidays for the Brits.Gain by voting #RemaIN! #INtogether #StrongerIN #TooGoodToLose 24 th June 2016 The Brexit should serve as a wake up call for EU's institutions, and should be seen as possibility of new beginning: 8 th July 2016 We need real and fair solutions to youth unemployment, not populist promises. Read more: #YFactor #BratislavaSummit

10 8 th July 2016 Our message to the #BratislavaSummit: reform the labor market and remove barriers to fix youth unemployment #YFactor 8 th July million young Europeans are unemployed! We need labour market reforms now #BratislavaSummit #yfactor

11 16 th July 2016 LYMEC comment on the events in #Turkey in joint statement: 23 rd July 2016 Education is & should stay a national competence,but there is need for more economical support from EU to reach the #elfevent 25 th July 2016 Cherry picking can't be an option in the EU, says LYMEC #Brexit #FreedomOfMovement

12 2 nd August 2016 We're working for a community as diverse as the colors on the rainbow flag #YourRightsOurFight #EuroPride 11 th August 2016 Youth leaders agree: #Youthunemployment biggest problem for EU youth. It's time for labor market reforms! #YouthDay

13 12 th August 2016 Not much to celebrate on #InternationalYouthDay - we call for labour market reforms to tackle youth unemployment! 26 th August 2016 LYMEC welcomes the State Council ruling overturning of the #burkiniban in France: #FreedomNotFines

14 29 th August 2016 EU still hopes to conclude #TTIP agreementbefore the end of the year and so do we #freetrade 7 th September 2016 We're supporting the Venezuelan opposition's protests together #LibertadParaVenezuela #FreedomToVenezuela 12 th September 2016 We're supporting the Venezuelan opposition #FreedomForVenezuela #LibertadParaVenezuela

15 14 th September 2016 #Junker praises #youthguarentee -but it's only dressing the wounds. Only real cure for #youthunemployment is labour market reforms #SOTEU 5 th October 2016 Free train tickets will not fix Europe, even seems to think so. #Populism #Mobility #Interrail #Erasmus+ 4 th November 2016 How to make EU great again? We believe freedom is the key:expanding this freedom for people outside the union,&free trade

16 4 th November 2016 "I don't want a Fortress Europe,not in terms of freedom of movement &not in terms of on the PPYO debate #PoliticalYouth 12 th November 2016 #lymeccongress adopted resol on increased use of #technology in #education in order to improve #studentmobility & 12 th November 2016 #lymeccongress calls for increased #visibility on #dialogue between the #EasternPartnership countries and #EU

17 12 th November 2016 #lymeccongress adopted resol on #lulucf calling for lucrative balance btw #forestcarbonsinks & increase #renewable 12 th November 2016 #lymeccongress calls for increased #transparency & #communication on the benefits & process in #TradeAgreements #CETA #trade 29 th November 2016 We are with #TeamMalmstrom - Castro was a brutal dictator! Heads of EU should not say anything else or excuse his crimes #thedictatorisdead

18 1 st December 2016 On world #AIDSday we acknowledge the importance of sex education, promotion of reproductive rights & getting tested 6 th December 2016 LYMEC co-signs statement calling 4 free&fair #elections &restoration of #democracy in #Macedonia #liberalisingeurope

19 17 th December 2016 We are very worried about the events in #Poland. #PressFreedom is a key element of democracy and mustn't be limited

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