| Logo | |
|---|---|
| File:JG Logo 210.jpg | |
| Executive Committee | |
| Chairman: | Manuel Raffin |
| Deputies: | Tanja Rainer Stefan Franceschini Sebastian Überbacher |
| Secretary general: | Johannes Winkler |
| District representatives: |
Evi Sapelza Peter Frick Claudia Dariz |
| International secretary: | Stefan Franceschini |
| Website: | www.junge-generation.info |
The Junge Generation (de: Young Generation, JG) is the youth organisation of the Südtiroler Volkspartei (de: South Tyrolean People's Party, SVP), the party of the German-speaking and Ladin-speaking population of South Tyrol, an Italian province separated from the 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[1].
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. 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[2].
The logo was restyled in spring 2010. The colours are black, white and red. The last two are the colours of the Tyrolean flag and represents the link of the youth organisation with the territory.
The Junge Generation was founded as SVP-Jugend (de: Youth of the SVP) on the 19th April 1970 during the first congress at the Waltherhaus in Bozen. The first elected chairman was Hans Benedikter. Hans Bauer and Klaus Dubis were his deputies, Ferdinand Mussner was the Ladin deputy and Klaus Gruber was elected as secretary general. The creation of local groups began since 1966/67. Erich Spitaler was appointed in 1967 as chairman of the youth branch of the SVP and he was charged to develop the youth organization. The first statute was adopted by the council of the mother party in 1968. The SVP-Jugend had a fast grow and in 1969 105 local groups and 244 local youth speaker were count.[3].
The Junge Generation is member of different international umbrella organisations, as the Youth of the European Peoples Party (YEPP)[4], the Democrat Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC)[5] and the Junge Alpenregion (de: Young Alps Region)[6]. The Junge Generation is actively proposing resolutions within these international organisations[7][8].
References
- ^ Josef L. Kunz, Italian Rule in German South-Tyrol on www.jstore.org, visited 9th October 2010
- ^ Article on www.stol.it about the new elected chairman, visited 8th October 2010
- ^ 60 years SVP - year 1970, visited 3rd October 2010
- ^ Member Organisations of YEPP, visited 3rd October 2010
- ^ Member Organisations of DEMYC, visited 3rd October 2010
- ^ Member Organisations of Junge Alpenregion, visited 3rd October 2010
- ^ Article on www.suedtirolnews.it, visited 8th October 2010
- ^ Article on www.suedtirolnews.it, visited 8th October 2010
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