| Éclaireuses et éclaireurs unionistes de France | |
| Namelabel1: | approximate translation |
| Name1: | Unionist Guides and Scouts of France |
| Headquarters: | Secrétariat National |
| Location: | 15 rue Klock 92110 Clichy |
| Country: | France |
| F-Date: | January 18, 1970 |
| Founders: | yes |
| Founder: | Éclaireurs unionistes de France, Fédération française des eclaireuses unionistes |
| Members: | 6,023 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscout: | Elsa Bouneau |
| Website: | http://www.eeudf.org/ |
| Affiliation: | Fédération du Scoutisme Français, Protestant Federation of France |
The Éclaireuses et éclaireurs unionistes de France (EEUdF, approximate translation Unionist Guides and Scouts of France) are a Protestant Scouting and Guiding organization in France. The association serves 6,023 members[1] and is affiliated to the Fédération du Scoutisme Français; it is also a member of the Protestant Federation of France.
The adjective "French: unioniste" in the association's name refers to the French: Unions chrétiennes de jeunes gens, the French YMCA, and the French: Unions Chrétiennes des Jeunes Filles, the YWCA, where the first Protestant Scout and Guide units were started in the years 1910 to 1912.
The Protestant Scout association French: Eclaireurs unionistes de France was founded in 1912; the Guides joined the French: Fédération Française des Eclaireuses (French Guides Federation) on its foundation in 1921. Both organizations were among the founders of the French: Fédération du Scoutisme Français (Federation of French Scouting) in 1941.
The French: Fédération française des eclaireuses, which rejoined non-denominational, Jewish and Protestant units, became the French: Fédération française des eclaireuses unionistes in 1964, when the non-denominational groups merged with the Eclaireurs de France and the Jewish with the French: [[Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs israélites de France|Eclaireurs israélites de France]].
In 1970, the French: Eclaireurs unionistes de France and the French: Fédération française des éclaireuses unionistes merged, forming the French: Fédération des éclaireuses et éclaireurs unionistes de France (FEEUF). This federation was renamed to French: Éclaireuses et éclaireurs unionistes de France in 1995.
Since 2008, the EEUdF cooperates with the other Protestant Scouting organizations within the Protestant Federation of France: French: Fédération du Scoutisme evangélique français(with French: Éclaireurs Evangéliques de France, French: Les Porteurs de Flambeau (Salvation Army), French: Flambeaux et Claires Flammes, and Royal Rangers) and French: Jeunesse Adventiste (Pathfinders).[2]
The emblem mirrors the evolution of the association. It is the old EUdF emblem enriched with a trefoil in the center to symbolize the merger with part of the PFF (girls) in 1970, lily flowers symbolizing the presence of boys. Until 1995, the logo included the word "federation" (again because of the merger with the FFE).[3]
The association is divided in three age-groups called "branches"; local units should work in all three branches:
The EEUdF runs an active Sea Scout section.