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Congress in Helsinki 2015 CONGRESS MINUTES HELSINKI, 30/31 OCTOBER 1. Opening by the LYMEC president and guests Opening: President of LYMEC, Vedrana Gujic, opens the Congress at 16.55 and welcomes all delegations and guests. Guests: Nils Torvalds, MEP, Swedish People's Party of Finland Jouni Ovaska, Finish Center Party Elisa Tarkiainen, JEF - Young European Federalists Pierre Bornand, Young Democrats for Europe Sir Graham Watson, ALDE president - video message Guy Verhofstadt, Leader ALDE group, MEP, ALDE/Open VLD - video message Sean O’Curneen, Secretary General of ALDE group in COR - video message 2. Roll call and voting rights Igor Caldeira handed in the voting cards to delegates of MOs and IMS present. Order: Full Member Organisation / Country / Votes Junos Austria 3 Fédération des Etudiants Libéraux Belgium 7 Jeunes Mouvement Réformateur Belgium 9 Jong VLD Belgium 6 Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya Catalunya 8 Mladi Hrvatske Narodne Stranke Croatia 8 Venstres Ungdom Denmark 6 Estonian Reform Party Youth Estonia 6 Keskustan Opiskelijaliitto Finland 4 Suomen Keskustanuoret Finland 10 Svensk Ungdom – SU Finland 6 Junge Liberale – JuLis Germany 9 LHG Germany 5 Ogra Fianna Fail Ireland 8 Jonge Democraten – JD Netherlands 7 JOVD Netherlands 6 Norges Unge Venstre – NUV Norway 5 Centerpartiets Ungdomsförbund – CUF Sweden 5 Centerstudenter – CS Sweden 3 Liberala Ungdomsförbundet – LUF Sweden 5 Liberal Youth United Kingdom 6 IMS Europe 3 Total Present Votes (total of 168) 135 Quorum 1/2 84 Quorum 2/3 112 Associate Members JDL – Jonk Demokraten Luxemburg Present Others Attistibai Youth Latvia Present SMC Youth Slovenia Present TLDE Romania Present 3. Appointment of Congress bodies (Chairs, secretaries, scrutineers) The Bureau proposes Teppo Säkkinen, Matilda Flemming and Olesja Hännikäinen as Congress Chairs and they are elected by the Congress. The elected secretaries are Mitch Devinck, Anni Dahlén and Anniina Sippola. The elected scrutineers are Laura Hämäläinen, Jose Forslund, Kevin Tammearu, Marijn de Pagter, Milan Assies and Dietmar Hertsen. 4. Adoption of the agenda Chairs present the Congress Agenda. Adopted by unanimity. 5. Adoption of minutes from the Congress in Rotterdam Friso Bonga proposes a correction to the minutes. Igor Caldeira explained the mistake on page 14 of the minutes, and the mistake is corrected. Minutes were adopted with the amendment. 6. Urgency of resolutions SU – Urgent Resolution on applying the criteria for Humanitarian Visa in all EU Member States Björn Bonsdorff presented the resolution and why it is urgent. Marijn de Pagter questions the urgency. Björn Bonsdorff answered in favor of the urgency. Marijn de Pagter made an argument against the urgency. Ida Schauman made a point for the urgency. The resolution was deemed urgent. JDL – Urgent Resolution on the Tobacco Products Directive Michael Agostini presented the resolution and why it is urgent. Kevin Tammearu questioned the urgency. Michael Agostini answered. Kevin Tammearu made a point against the urgency. The resolution was not deemed urgent. JNC – Urgent Resolution on Juridical Independence Victor Colominas presented the resolution and why it is urgent. Hannah Bettsworth made a point in favour of the urgency. The resolution was deemed urgent. JD – Syria / Adding more oil to the fire Friso Bonga presented the resolution and why it is urgent. Lena Höglund made a point for the urgency. The resolution was deemed urgent. 7. Snap vote on the order of resolutions Matilda Flemming explains the snap vote rules and procedures. TITLE Number of Votes JD - Syria 49 JD - Resolution on a harmonized common EU asylum policy 46 FCY, ERPY - Resolution on common foreign policy towards Russia 45 LHG - Resolution on a welcoming student culture courses for refugees 45 Ógra Fianna Fáil - Resolution on Securing Rural Economies 45 Bureau - Resolution on youth employment 42 Swedish Youth (SU) - Resolution Towards a Sustainable Future 37 SU - Urgent Resolution on Applying the criteria for Humanitarian Visa in all EU member states 33 Junos, JuLis - Resolution on Levelling The European Elections 32 YMRF, MLBiH, liDem, LYM - Resolution on EU enlargement 30 JD - Resolution on European fund for sustainable energy 26 Jeunes MR, FEL - Resolution on Precautionary principle on shale gas extraction 25 JD - Resolution on Copenhagen Criteria Control Cycle 23 JUNOS, JD, LY - Resolution on Supporting European Foreign Trade and Liberal Democracy 22 JNC - Urgent Resolution on Juridical Independence 19 YMRF, MLBiH, liDem, LYM - Resolution on migration in EU 18 JD - Resolution on the regulation and legalization of MDMA 16 Swedish Youth (SU) - Resolution Ban ships sewage in the Baltic Sea 13 Jong VLD - Resolution on the Future of the European Unity 12 JD - Resolution on basic principles and goals for an EC environmental policy 10 JD - Resolution on Ideas flow free 7 Jong VLD, Jeunes MR - Resolution on Freedom of Movement 6 Lynneth Mollis - Resolution on arms trade 1 8. LYMEC Bureau reports - for information Vedrana Guijic presented her report. Arvid Plugge made a question for Vedrana Guijic. Vedrana Guijic answered. Benedikt Bente made a question about Trans-Atlantic co-operation. Vedrana Guijic answered. Ab Brightman made a question about the biggest failure in the work of the Bureau. Vedrana Guijic answered. Ab Brightman made a question about the biggest achievement of the Bureau. Vedrana Guijic answered. Sissel Kvist presented her report. Hans Maes made a question about the use of social media. Sissel Kvist answered. Jelena Jesajana presented her report. Markus Ylimaa presented his report. Hans Maes made a question about training. Markus Ylimaa answered. Friso Bonga made a question about fringes. Markus Ylimaa answered. Svenja Hahn presented her report. Milan Assies made a question about LYMEC TV. Svenja Hahn answered. Timo Roeleveld presented his report. Friso Bonga made a question. Timo Roeleveld answered. Olesja Hännikäinen closes the first day of the Congress. Igor Caldeira did the first roll call at 9:00am but the quorum wasn’t reached. Igor Caldeira did the second roll call at 9:15am and the quorum was reached with 93 votes present. Order: Full Member Organisation / Country / Votes Fédération des Etudiants Libéraux Belgium 7 Jeunes Mouvement Réformateur Belgium 9 Jong VLD Belgium 6 Venstres Ungdom Denmark 6 Keskustan Opiskelijaliitto Finland 4 Suomen Keskustanuoret Finland 10 Svensk Ungdom – SU Finland 6 Junge Liberale – JuLis Germany 9 LHG – Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen Germany 5 Jonge Democraten – JD Netherlands 7 Jongeren Organisatie Vrijheid & Democratie – JOVD Netherlands 6 Norges Unge Venstre – NUV Norway 5 Centerpartiets Ungdomsförbund – CUF Sweden 5 Centerstudenter – CS Sweden 3 Liberala Ungdomsförbundet – LUF Sweden 5 Total Present Votes (total of 168) 93 Olesja Hännikäinen opened the second day of the Congress. 1. Secretary General report - for information Igor Caldeira, Secretary General of LYMEC, presents his report. No questions were raised. 2. Treasurer’s Report - for information Danica Vihinen presents her report. 3. Finances a) Interim financial report 2015 - for information Danica Vihinen presents the interim financial report 2015. Steve Detry made a question about the timetable the report was available for Congress participants. Danica Vihinen answered. b) Interim internal audit 2015 - for information Marijn de Pagter and Kevin Tammearu presented the interim internal audit 2015. No questions raised. c) Requests for reduction of Membership Fees – adoption Danica Vihinen presented the proposal for agenda point. Anna Abrahamsson asked for arguments to take the application to consideration. Jeroen Diepemaat asked for formal vote on whether the Congress takes the application to consideration. Danica Vihinen presents the requests for reduction of Membership Fees and the reduction of the dept from Liberal Democratic Youth, Macedonia. Both were adopted. d) Proposal for membership fees 2016 – adoption Danica Vihinen presents the proposal from the LYMEC Bureau for Membership fees 2016. Adopted. e) Draft budget 2016 – adoption Danica Vihinen presents the draft budget for 2016. Jussi Sallinen made a question about LYMEC 40th anniversary expenses. Danica Vihinen answered. Jussi Sallinen made a question about financial risks in the future. Danica Vihinen answered. Adopted. 4. Statutory changes – adoption Vedrana Guijic presented the statutory changes. Adopted. 5. Membership issues a) Applications for membership – adoption Applications for full membership – adoption - JDL Luxembourg – Full Membership Claudine Michels presented the application. No questions raised. JDL representatives were asked to leave the room. Timo Roeleveld presented the Bureaus opinion. Friso Bonga asked a question. Timo Roeleveld anwered. Approved. Igor Caldeira gave the 3 votes corresponding to JDL’s 385 members as a new full member of LYMEC. Applications for Associate Membership – adoption - Attistibai Youth Andris Backurs, Ilze Grinberga and Arturs Toms Pless presented their organization and the application. Ed Sanderson asked a question about civil rights. Ilze Grinberga answered. Krijn van Eeden asked a question. Arturs Toms Pless answered. Attistibai Youth representatives were asked to leave the room. Jelena Jesajana presented the Bureaus opinion to approve the application. Approved. - Tineretul Liberalilor și Democraților (TLDE) Tudor-Tim Ionescu and Raphael Nazaruk presented their organization and the application. Tobias Bashevkin asked a question the values and
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