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| Liberaal Vlaams Studentenverbond | |
|---|---|
| Establishment | |
| Ideology | Liberalism/Libertarianism |
| President | Yearly rotation (currently held by the president of LVSV Leuven - 2024-2025) |
| European organisations | ESFL |
| Website | www.lvsv.be |
The LVSV(Liberaal Vlaams StudentenVerbond (Dutch) or Liberal Flemish Students' Association) unites all Dutch-speaking classical-liberal and libertarian students in Belgium. The values they uphold are individual freedom, freedom of speech, free trade and human rights, with focus on the non-aggression principle. The LVSV opposes big government in any meaning (both right-wing and left-wing). They are an independent organisation, not affiliated to any political party. The LVSV organises political activities (debates, discussions,...) as well as typical student activities (visiting pubs, organising a cantus,...) in five cities: Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Hasselt and Leuven. The national presidency of the association rotates between the local presidents every year.
The first LVSV branch was founded on December 8, 1930 by Max Cosijns as a result of the “Dutchification” of University of Ghent. [1] In 1932 LVSV Ghent joined the Liberal Flemish League. In 1937 another branch was founded in Brussels by Raymond Schepmans who was elected as their President on January 20, 1937. [5] Both branches would later join the Belgisch Liberaal Studentenverbond/Fédération des Étudiants Libéraux (BSVL/FEL) which oversaw all liberal student associations from both the Dutch- and the French-speaking region of the country. In 1972 all LVSV branches discontinued their partnership with the BSVL/FEL with the reason being that only French was spoken at the conferences held by the BSVL/FEL. This led to the establishment of LVSV National which would take over the responsibilities from the BSVL/FEL.
Famous former members include Guy Verhofstadt (Open VLD), Bart De Wever (N-VA), Zuhal Demir (N-VA), Willy De Clercq (Open VLD), Karel De Gucht (Open VLD) and Egbert Lachaert (Open VLD).