LVSV

The LVSV (Liberaal Vlaams StudentenVerbond (Dutch) or Liberal Flemish Students' Association) unites all Dutch-speaking classical-liberal and libertarian students in Belgium. The values they uphold are individual freedom, freedom of speech, free trade and human rights, with focus on the non-aggression principle. The LVSV opposes big government in any meaning (both right-wing and left-wing). They are an independent organisation, not affiliated to any political party. The LVSV organises political activities (debates, discussions,...) as well as typical student activities (visiting pubs, organising a cantus,...) in five cities: Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Hasselt and Leuven. The national presidency of the association rotates between the local presidents every year.

Liberaal Vlaams Studentenverbond
Establishment	December 8, 1930 (Ghent)[1] January 7, 1937 (Brussels)[2] 1939 (Antwerp)[3] December 29, 1972 (Leuven)[3] December 4, 2009 (Hasselt)[4]
Ideology	Liberalism/Libertarianism
President	Yearly rotation (currently held by the president of LVSV Leuven - 2024-2025)
European organisations	ESFL
Website	www.lvsv.be

The first LVSV branch was founded on December 8, 1930 by Max Cosijns as a result of the “Dutchification” of University of Ghent.^[1] In 1932 LVSV Ghent joined the Liberal Flemish League. In 1937 another branch was founded in Brussels by Raymond Schepmans who was elected as their President on January 20, 1937.^[5] Both branches would later join the Belgisch Liberaal Studentenverbond/Fédération des Étudiants Libéraux (BSVL/FEL) which oversaw all liberal student associations from both the Dutch- and the French-speaking region of the country. In 1972 all LVSV branches discontinued their partnership with the BSVL/FEL with the reason being that only French was spoken at the conferences held by the BSVL/FEL. This led to the establishment of LVSV National which would take over the responsibilities from the BSVL/FEL.

Famous former members include Guy Verhofstadt (Open VLD), Bart De Wever (N-VA), Zuhal Demir (N-VA), Willy De Clercq (Open VLD), Karel De Gucht (Open VLD) and Egbert Lachaert (Open VLD).