The Young Generation (German: Junge Generation, JG) is the youth organisation of the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP), a political party representing the German-speaking and Ladin-speaking population of South Tyrol, in Italy.
The JG is the youth branch of the SVP and wants to be the spokesman of the young people within the party.
The last two are the colours of the Tyrolean flag and represents the link of the youth organisation with the territory.
The Young Generation was founded as Youth of the SVP (SVP-Jugend) on 19 April 1970 during the first congress at the Waltherhaus in Bolzano.
[3] The Young Generation is member of different international umbrella organisations, as the Youth of the European Peoples Party (YEPP),[4] the Democrat Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC)[5] and the Young Alps Region (Junge Alpenregion).