Conceyu Xoven is a Spanish

Spain

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 political youth organisation affiliated with Leonese People's Union

Leonese People's Union

The Leonese People's Union is a regional political party in Castilla y León, Spain. UPL strives to establish a separate autonomous community for the provinces of León, Zamora and Salamanca , now in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León.UPL was founded in 1986 by a group of people...

 in León

León (province)

León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.About one quarter of its population of 500,200 lives in the capital, León. The weather is cold and dry during the winter....

 and Zamora

Zamora (province)

Zamora is a Spanish province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.The present-day province of Zamora province was one of three provinces formed from the former Kingdom of León in 1833, when Spain was re-organised into 49 provinces.It is bordered by...

 demanding the independence of the Leonese Country

Leonese Country

The Pais Leones or Leonese Country is an eventual autonomous community within Spain proposed by some Spanish regional political parties, such as Partido Regionalista del País Leonés, Grupo Autonomico Leonés, Unión del Pueblo Leonés and Unión del Pueblo Salmantino...

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Conceyu Xoven have more than 1,500 members and it's the most important organization in the Leonese Country, winning the University of León elections for students and promoting the Self-Government of the Spanish provinces of León, Zamora, Salamanca and territories from other ones as Valdeorras (Galicia), and the Portuguese District of Bragança. His General Secretary is Abel Pardo Fernández

Electionships

Members of the movement have participated in various elections in provinces León and Zamora within regionalist UPL

Leonese People's Union

The Leonese People's Union is a regional political party in Castilla y León, Spain. UPL strives to establish a separate autonomous community for the provinces of León, Zamora and Salamanca , now in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León.UPL was founded in 1986 by a group of people...

, where its General Secretary is the Lietenant Mayor for Education, New Technologies and Leonese Culture in Llión. They were also in the lists and Union of the People of Salamanca in the province of Salamanca, where there were two city councilors elected from Conceyu Xoven..

Flag

The flag of the movement is a red field with a thin golden circle and a golden device within, representing the colors of Leonese flag and a Celtic Sun represented the Cisastur people, origin of Leonese nation.

Language

Conceyu Xoven uses Leonese language

Leonese language

The Leonese language is the endonym term used to refer to all vernacular Romance dialects of the Astur-Leonese linguistic group in the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora; Astur-Leonese also includes the dialects...

as the official of the organization, and have developed many initiatives for its recognition, like the campaign for the officiality of Leonese language in the reform of the Autonomy Statute.