European Students' Union

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European Students' Union
Institutionsee members list
LocationAv. de Tervueren 155, 1150 Brussels Brussels, Belgium
Established1982
PresidentLana Par
Vice presidentsDaciana Pop, Arno Schrooyen
Members43 (40 Countries)
AffiliationsEuropean Youth Forum
Executive Committeesee representatives
Websiteesu-online.org
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The European Students' Union (ESU) is the umbrella organisation of 43 national unions of students from 40 countries, representing almost 20 million students.[1][2] A consultative member of the Bologna Process, ESU is also a full member of the European Youth Forum (YFJ).[3]

History

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On 17 October 1982, seven National Unions of Students (NUSes) from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Iceland, France, Denmark, Norway and Austria established the Western European Students Information Bureau (WESIB) at a gathering in Stockholm.[4] In February 1990, WESIB dropped the "W" to become the European Student Information Bureau (ESIB) following the political upheaval in Europe at the time. In 1992 the name was changed yet again into the National Union of Students in Europe. This reflected the recognition of the changing mission of ESIB from being a pure information-sharing organisation into a political organisation that represented the views of students in European institutions. In May 2007, the current name, European Students' Union (ESU), was introduced.[citation needed]

Over the years, the office of ESU has moved around Europe and was first hosted by the member NUSes. Following the establishment of WESIB in Stockholm, the office was based in the SFS Office in Sweden from 1982 until 1985, funded by a grant by the Swedish Government. By 1985 the grant was running low, and so NUS UK offered to host WESIB in their London headquarters. In 1988, the office moved to the ÖH offices in Vienna and remained there until 2000 when it was decided that for reasons of being near the European institutions, the office should move to Brussels and was hosted by VVS.[citation needed]

Structures

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The highest ESU structure is the "board meeting", bringing together representatives from all the National Unions of Students it represents. The board meeting sets the organisation's policy direction and elects members to the executive committee to run the organisation.[citation needed]

Executive committee

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The executive committee (EC) is elected for a one-year term at the annual board meeting by representatives of the member organisations, with each country (not organisation) given two votes. The president and vice-presidents together make up the presidency of ESU, and are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organisation along with the seven general members of the EC.[5]

As of 2025, the executive committee includes:[citation needed][6]

Title Name Country
Presidency President Lana Par File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Vice Presidents Daciana Pop File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Arno Schrooyen File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Executive Committee Duarte Lopes File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Franziska Sophia Knogler File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Bálint Koós Hungary
Katariina Järve File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
Luka Lešić File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Urszula Lis File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Nora Angelova File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria

Member organisations

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Country English name Local name ESU Abbrev.[nb 1]
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Armenian National Students Association Հայ ուսանողական ազգային ասոցիացիա ANSA
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Austrian Students' Association Österreichische Hochschüler_innenschaft ÖH
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Belarusian Students' Association Задзіночанне Беларускіх Студэнтаў BSA
Brotherhood of Organizers of Student Self-Government БОСС BOSS
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Federation of French-speaking Students Fédération Des Etudiants Francophones FEF
Flemish Union of Students Vlaamse Vereniging van Studenten VVS
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Students' Union Republic of Srpska Unija studenata Republike Srpske SURS
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria National Assembly of Student's Councils in the Republic of Bulgaria Национално представителство на студентските съвети в Република България NASC
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Croatian Students' Council Hrvatski Studentski Zbor CSC
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions Pagkypria Omospondia Foititikon Enoseon POFEN
Czech Republic Student Chamber of the Council of Higher Education Institutions Studentská komora Rady vysokých škol SKRVS
Denmark National Union of Students in Denmark Danske Studerendes Fællesråd DSF
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Federation of Estonian Student Unions Eesti Üliõpilaskondade Liit EÜL
File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands Faroese National Union of Students Meginfelag Føroyskra Studenta MFS
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland National Union of University Students in Finland Suomen Ylioppilaskuntien Liitto, Finlands studentkårers förbund SYL, FSF
Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences Suomen opiskelijakuntien liitto, Finlands studerandekårers förbund SAMOK
File:Flag of France.svg France National Federation of Student's Associations Fédération des Associations Générales d'Étudiants FAGE
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Georgian Student's Organizations Association Georgian Student's Organizations Association GSOA
Germany Free Association of Student Unions freier zusammenschluss von student*innenschaften fzs
Hungary National Union of Students in Hungary Hallgatói Önkormányzatok Országos Konferenciája HÖOK
Iceland National Union of Icelandic Students Landssamtök íslenskra stúdenta LÍS
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn AMLÉ
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel National Union of Israeli Students התאחדות הסטודנטים בישראל
تحاد الطلاب في إسرائيل 		NUIS
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Union of University Students Unione degli Universitari UdU
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Student Union of Latvia Latvijas Studentu apvienība LSA
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Lithuanian National Union of Students Lietuvos Studentu Sajunga LSS
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg National Union of Students in Luxembourg Union Nationale des Etudiant(e)s du Luxembourg UNEL
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta University Students' Council Kunsill Studenti Universitarji KSU
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Student Alliance of Moldova Alianta studentilor din Moldova ASM
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro Student Parliament of the University of Montenegro Studentski Parlament Univerziteta Crne Gore SPUM
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Dutch National Students Association Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg ISO
Dutch Student Union Landelijke Studentenvakbond LSVb
Norway National Union of Students' in Norway Norsk studentorganisasjon NSO
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Students' Parliament of Poland Parlament Studentów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej PSRP
File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Academic Forum for Information and External Representation Fórum Académico para Informação e Representação Externa FAIRe
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania National Alliance of Student Organizations in Romania Alianta Nationala a Organizatiilor Studentesti din Romania ANOSR
Serbia Students Conference of Serbian Universities Studentska konferencija univerzitetâ Srbije SKONUS
Slovakia Student Council for Higher Education Študentská Rada Vysokých Škôl SRVS
Slovenia Slovene Student Union Studenska Organizacija Slovenije ŠOS
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Coordinator of Student Representatives of Public Universities Coordinadora de Representantes de Estudiantes de Universidades Públicas CREUP
Sweden Swedish National Union of Students Sveriges Förenade Studentkårer SFS
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland VSS-UNES-USU Verband Schweizer Studierendenschaften
Union des Etudiant-e-s de Suisse
Unione Svizzera degli Universitari 		VSS-UNES-USU
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Ukrainian Association of Student Self-government Українська асоціація студентського самоврядування UAS
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom National Union of Students NUS-UK

Candidate members

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Candidate-members are NUSes that have submitted an application of membership to ESU but have not yet been granted member status by the Board Meeting. Candidate-members retain their status for one year and are subject to a "study visit" by ESU to ensure they meet membership criteria.

Country English name Local name ESU Abbrev.[nb 1]
North Macedonia National Students’ Assembly Државно Студентско Собрание NSA

Associate organisations

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Associate members of ESU are pan-European and international student organisations that have similar goals to ESU. The criteria for associate membership require the organisation to be democratic and student-run, have either students or NUSes as members, and represent students from at least 8 countries that are parties to the European Cultural Convention. Associate organizations can attend and speak at all ESU meetings, but cannot vote at Board Meetings.[7]

List of executive representatives

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Year (Mandate) President Country Vice Presidents Executive Committee Coordinators (appointed by the executive committee)
2025–2026 Lana Par File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Daciana Pop File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Duarte Lopes, Franziska Sophia Knogler, Bálint Koós, Katariina Järve, Luka Lešić, Nora Angelova, Urszula Lis Bianca Pace File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta
Arno Schrooyen File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
2024–2025 Iris Kimizoglu Germany Lana Par File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Duarte Lopes, Jens Bartnes, Lauren Pray, Levente Varga, Lisa Schivalocchi, Nora Angelova, Tamara Ciobanu Estelle Née, Magnus við Streym, Urszula Lis
Arno Schrooyen File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
2023–2024 Horia-Șerban Onița File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Iris Kimizoglu Germany Joanna Maruszczak (until October), Lana Par (substituting Joanna Maruszczak), Andrej Pirjevec, Ana Gvritishvili, Arno Schrooyen, Ida Flemmich, Tamara Ciobanu, Tór Marni Weihe (until October), Magnus við Streym (substituting Tór Marni Weihe) Emily MacPherson, Bastien Degardins, Lauren Pray
Tanguy Guibert File:Flag of France.svg France
2022–2023 Matteo Vespa File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Katrīna Sproģe File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Tanguy Guibert, Iris Kimizoglu, Andrej Pirjevec, Emily MacPherson, Tór Marni Weihe, Oraz Myradov, Ana Gvritishvili Antoine Bakhash, Joanna Maruszczak, Sandi Rizvić
Horia-Șerban Onița File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
2021–2022 Martina Darmanin File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta Zamzam Ibrahim File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK Matteo Vespa, Kristel Jakobson, Martin Hammerbauer, Pegi Pavletić, Ruben Janssens, Meral Nur, Stanimir Boyadzhiev Katrīna Sproģe, Borna Nemet, Anastasia Kreis
Jakub Grodecki File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
2021 Martina Darmanin File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta Zamzam Ibrahim File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK Matteo Vespa, Kristel Jakobson, Martin Hammerbauer, Pegi Pavletić, Ruben Janssens, Ronja Hesse, Otto Rosenlund Vicky Reichling, Borna Nemet, Carmen Romero (until June), Katrīna Sproģe (substituting Carmen Romero)
Jakub Grodecki File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
2019–2020 Gohar Hovhannisyan

(Oct.-Dec. 2020)

File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Martina Darmanin File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta Monika Skadborg, Ursa Leban, Nina De Winter, Rajko Golovic, Helene Mariaud, Daniel Altman, Jakub Grodecki, Martin Paluoja, Daniel Lindblom (until November), Carmen Romero (substituting Daniel Lindblom)
Sebastian Berger File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Robert Napier

(until Sept. 2020)

File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta Gohar Hovhannisyan File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Daniel Altman, Jakub Grodecki, Monika Skadborg, Ursa Leban, Nina De Winter, Rajko Golovic, Helene Mariaud Martina Darmanin, Daniel Lindblom, Martin Paluoja
Sebastian Berger File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
2018–2019 Adam Gajek File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Katrina Koppel File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Daniel Altma, Joāo Martins, Gohar Hovhannisyan, Monika Skadborg, Sebastian Berger, Ursa Leban, Yulia Dobyshuk Rob Henthorn, Hélène Mariaud, Marie Desrousseaux, (1st part of mandate), Martina Darmanin (substituting Marie Desrousseaux)
Robert Napier File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta
2017–2018 Helge Schwitters Norway Caroline Sundberg Sweden Chiara Patricolo, Aleksandar Šušnjar, Filip Prihoda, Gohar Hovhannisyan, João Pedro Estêvão Martins, Katrina Koppel, Yolanda Trujillo Adriá Simona Gamonte, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Henthorn
Adam Gajek File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
2016–2017 Lea Meister File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Līva Vikmane File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Beth Button, Gramoz Shpendi, Adam Gajek, Aleksandar Šušnjar, Frederik Bach, Chiara Patricolo, Milana Jankovic (1st part of mandate), Helga Lind Mar (substituting Milana Jankovic) Melanie Fröhlich, Filip Prihoda, Helge Schwitters
Blazhe Todorovski North Macedonia
2015–2016 Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Lea Meister File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Liva Vikmane, Karolina Pietkiewicz, Cristi Popescu, Rebecka Stenkvist, Tijana Isoski, Viktor Grønne Melanie Fröhlich, Chiara Patricolo, Martin Retelj
Blazhe Todorovski North Macedonia
2014–2015 Elisabeth Gehrke Sweden Erin Nordal Norway Blazhe Todorovski, Maksimas Milta, Cat O’Driscoll, Karolina Pietkiewicz, Lea Meister, Tiago Estêvão Martins, Tijana Isoski Melanie Fröhlich, William Benn, Viktor Grønne
Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
2013–2014 Rok Primozic Slovenia Elisabeth Gehrke Sweden Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares, Erin Nordal, Elin Blomqvist, Nevena Vuksanovic, Blazhe Todorovski, Maroš Korman, Maksim Milto, Michael Tolentino Frederiksen Gabriela Bergan, Tiago Estêvão Martins, Aengus Ó Maoláin (1st part of mandate), Melanie Fröhlich (substituting Aengus Ó Maoláin)
Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
2012–2013 Karina Ufert File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Taina Moisander File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Fernando M.Galan Palomares, Florian Kaiser, Blazhe Todorovski, Tinja Zerzer, Nevena Vuksanovic, Elisabeth Gehrke, Liliya Ivanova Aengus Ó Maoláin, Karl Agius, Brikena Xhomaqi (until November 2012), Gabriela Bergan (substituting Brikena Xhomaqi)
Rok Primozic Slovenia
2011–2012 Allan Päll File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Rok Primozic Slovenia Nevena Vuksanovic, Kaloyan Kostadinov
2010–2011 Bert Vandenkendelaere File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Rasa Cincyte File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Robert Santa, Karina Ufert
2009–2010 Ligia Deca File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Allan Päll File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Andrea Blättler, Alma Joensen, Bert Vandenkendelaere
2008–2009 Ligia Deca File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Anita Lice File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Bruno Carapinha, Alma Joensen, Olav Øye
2007 Koen Geven File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands Anela Beso, Bartlomiej Banaszak, Lara Lena Tischler, Maria Noleryd, Matthew Tabone, Viorel Proteasa, Rossella Iraci Capuccinello
2006 Justin Fenech File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta Maher Tekaya, Sime Visic, Marja-Liisa Alop, Tatsiana Khoma, Victor Vidilles, Janja Komljenovic
2005 Vanja Ivosevic File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Öyvind Reidar Bakke, Justin Fenech, Marzia Foroni, Katja Kamsek, Jean-Baptiste Prévost, Marija Stambolieva
2004 Johan Almqvist Sweden Marzia Foroni, Lene Henriksen, Vanja Ivosevic, Péter Puskás, Robin Semal, Chris Weavers
2003 Stefan Bienefeld Germany Johan Almqvist, Mads Aspelin, Nikki Heerens, Vanja Ivosevic, Marija Mitrovic, Bettina Schwarzmayr
2002 Martina Vukasovic Serbia Petra Arsic, Stefan Bienefeld, John C. Friend-Pereira, Chris O’Sullivan
2001 Jacob Henricson Sweden Stefan Bienefeld, Ante Matic, Marlous Veldt, Martina Vukasovic
2000 Remi Bordu File:Flag of France.svg France Polona Car, Aleksandar Dimiskov, Magne Hustavenes, Taru Liira
1999 Antti Pentikäinen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Remi Bourdu, Anja Kovacs, Marieke Rietbergen, Uros Vajgl
1998 Peter Sondgaard Denmark Antti Pentikäinen, Judith Sargentini, Emese Szitasi, Hilde W. Wibe
1997 Agnieszka Bolimowska File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Malcolm Byrne, Outi Hannula, Helena Randerborg, Reuben Seychell
1994 - 1996 Stephen Grogan File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK

Prior to 1997 ESIB was Chaired by a NUS instead of an individual, though its first director was employed in 1994.

Year Union Country
1996 Hökosz Hungary
1995 SYL File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
1994 SYL File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
1993 SFS Sweden
1992 SFS Sweden
1991 VVS-UNES File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1990 NUS (UK) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
1989 NUS (UK) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
1988 ÖH File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria

Notable people

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Abbreviation given in ESU's member list, may differ from the associations' local or official abbreviations

References

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