Its stated goal is to promote a free, democratic and united Europe through a greater student mobility and comprehensive education policies across the continent.

The organisation considered itself to be the "first avantgarde fighter for the protection of the principles of liberty and individualism," and supported European integration and programmes for student mobility.

Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum (YFJ), the International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) and the Robert Schuman Institute.

An important shift towards a more wide vision of the world was introduced during the working year 2017-2018 with the first Study Mission organized in Latin America under the title of "Caja Política".

A second edition was held in 2019 in Guayaquil and Quito (Ecuador) and it successfully gathered[2] young leaders from a dozen Latin American countries with representatives of the EDS Bureau and Member Organizations.

"Communism as a totalitarian regime [...] can only distinct itself from Fascism and Nazism by a more recent expiry date and the consequent damage over time it was able to cause," the resolution said.