The '''Junge Generation''' ([[German language|de]]: Young Generation, JG) is the youth organisation of the [[Südtiroler Volkspartei]] ([[German language|de]]: South Tyrolean People's Party, SVP), the party of the [[German language|German-speaking]] anand [[Ladin language|Ladin-speaking]] population of [[South Tyrol]], an Italian province separated from the [[Austrian-Hungarian Empire|Austrian]] territory and annexed to the [[Italian Monarchy]] in [[1920]] as consequence of the [[First World War]] and the [[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/pss/20028552 Josef L. Kunz, Italian Rule in German South-Tyrol on www.jstore.org], visited 9th October 2010</ref>.
The ''Junge Generation'' has about 6.,000 members and is therefore the largest political youth organisation of the [[Province of Bolzano-Bozen]] and is the community of all party members of the SVP at the age of 14 to 30<ref>[http://ju-pm.de/page2/files/newsletter0310.pdf Report of a regional group of the Junge Union Germany]</ref>. The JG has about 100 local groups spread over the whole territory. Chairman of the organisation is Manuel Raffin, who was elected from the congress thogeter with his deputies in June 2010. The ''Junge Generation'' is the youth branch of the SVP and wants to be the spokesman of the young people within the party<ref>[http://www.stol.it/Artikel/Politik-im-Ueberblick/Lokal/Neue-JG-Bleiben-kritische-Stimme-innerhalb-der-SVP Article on www.stol.it about the new elected chairman], visited 8th October 2010</ref>.
The Youth organisation was founded in [[1970]] during the first congress, but some local groups were created after [[1966]]<ref>[http://www.60jahre-svp.org/zeitleiste/1970.html 60 years SVP - year 1970], visited 3rd October 2010</ref>.
