Centre-Right European Association of Students

Centre-Right European Association of Students (CREAS)
Formation2022 (2022)
Type
HeadquartersWetstraat 89, 1040 Brussel, Belgium
Membership12
Official language
English
Chairman
 Thomas Bøgh Rasmussen
Parent organization
European People's Party
Websitecreas-eu.com

Centre-Right European Association of Students, CREAS is a pan-European centre-right student political association. It represents over 16,000 students and young people in 12 member organisations from different countries in Europe.

History

In 2022, three of European Democrat Students' founding members - Danish Conservative Students, German Association of Christian Democratic Students and Sweden based Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students, as well as the Finnish Student Union of National Coalition Party Tuhatkunta and Belgium based Christen Democratische Studenten left the organisation.

In July 2022 in Berlin, ten founding members (AktionsGemeinschaft, Austria; Christendemocratische Studenten, Germany;[1] Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students, Sweden; Hrvatska akademska zajednica, Croatia; Students' League of the Conservative Party, Norway;[2] Student Union of National Coalition Party Tuhatkunta, Finland; Občiansko Demokratická Mládež, Slovakia; Chrëschtlech-Sozial Jugend, Schüler a Studenten, Luxembourg; Christendemocratische Studenten, Belgium) established CREAS.[3] First internal elections were conducted in April 2023, in Bonn - the first chairman was Arvid Bertilsson from Fria Moderata from Sweden.[4] The Danish Konservative Studerende also joined the organization.[5]

In July 2025, Nowa Generacja (Poland) and Vienotības Jaunatnes organizācija (Latvia) joined the organization.[5] During the same meeting, mid-term elections to the board were held.

Members

Current Board 2025/27

Chairman: Thomas Bøgh Rasmussen, Conservative Students (Denmark)

Vice-chairs:

Chairmen

Policies

CREAS develops ideas and policy recommendations about student matters in terms of these aspects:[6]

  • Higher Education and Research
  • Academic Freedom and Democracy
  • Digitalisation and Innovation
  • European Vision
  • Mobility

References

  1. ^ "Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten | EU Lobbying Profile". EU Jobs Co. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  2. ^ "Nordens Konservativa Studentunion | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  3. ^ "Founding declaration of CREAS" (PDF). creas-eu.com. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  4. ^ "About Us – CREAS". Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  5. ^ a b "Member Unions – CREAS". Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  6. ^ "Policy – CREAS". Retrieved 2025-07-07.
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