[2] The Junge Union claims to be the largest political youth organization in Germany and Europe with about 100,000 members.

One central objective is a remodeling of the public social security system which is confronted by an increasing dependency ratio.

The JU supports intergenerational equity in the areas of pension and health care system reforms, proposing to complement these systems with capital-based private accounts in order to address fiscal problems such as Germany's debt-to-GDP ratio.

In foreign policy, the JU is committed to a German-American security alliance, and called for Germany to participate in the War against Iraq.

It opposes Turkey's full membership in the European Union, preferring for them to have a privileged partnership with the EU.