Centre-Right European Association of Students
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| Formation | 2022 |
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| Type | |
| Headquarters | Wetstraat 89, 1040 Brussel, Belgium |
| Membership | 12 |
Official language | English |
Chairman |  Thomas Bøgh Rasmussen |
| Website | creas-eu |
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.
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.
Most members are affiliated with the European People's Party.[6]
Members
Austria: AktionsGemeinschaft
Belgium: Christen Democratische Studenten
Croatia: Hrvatska akademska zajednica
Denmark: Conservative Students
Finland: Student Union of National Coalition Party Tuhatkunta
Germany: Association of Christian Democratic Students
Latvia: Vienotības Jaunatnes organizācija
Luxembourg: Christlich Soziale Jugend
Norway: Students' League of the Conservative Party
Poland: Nowa Generacja Młodych
Slovakia: Občiansko Demokratická Mládež
Sweden: Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students
Current Board 2025/27
Chairman: Thomas Bøgh Rasmussen, Conservative Students (Denmark)
Deputy-chairs:
- Frederik von Maldeghem, Association of Christian Democratic Students (Germany)
- Sami Matikainen, Student Union of National Coalition Party Tuhatkunta (Finland) – treasurer
Vice-chairs:
- Jakub Gałka, Nowa Generacja (Poland)
- Marius D. Andersen, Students' League of the Conservative Party (Norway)
- Niko Bucalo, Hrvatska akademska zajednica (Croatia)
- Jennifer Pietsch-Tillenburg, AktionsGemeinschaft (Austria)