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Andrew Duff re-elected Federalists' President
British Liberal MEP Andrew Duff was re-elected President of the Union of European Federalists at the Congress in Brussels on 25-27 March 2011. After an overwhelming vote of confidence in his presidency, Duff said: It’s a great privilege to be able...
What about European Cultural Identity?
One of the most important challenges for European integration is the strengthening of the sense of a European belonging It seems a well established fact that the loyalty to the nation-state is stronger than European belonging, as evidenced by all re...
Federal Union: it is time to decide!
The world order is changing. The rise of new global players such as China, India and Brazil risks the marginalisation of Europe. Europe's neighbouring Arab countries struggle to become democratic. Global warming requires a radical systemic response.
The Dawn of Democracy in the Arab World
By Lucio Levi, president of the Movimento Federalista Europeo and professor of Political Science and Comparative Politics at the University of Torino in Italy After the fall of the fascist regimes in Mediterranean Europe, in Latin America and...
Free Belarus Action – as silent as a loud voice for democracy
Asa Gunven Just 3 days prior to the presidential elections, inside Belarus the message is not easy to ignore. From Ottawa to Buenes Aires, from Tirana to Stockholm famous monuments are going quiet, while banners are expressing demands such as “F...
Official Launch of the Spinelli Group in the European Parliament
In front of a large number of MEPs, the Spinelli Group in the European Parliament was officially launched today during a one-hour long event to which also EP President Buzek took part. Born "over dinner" from a conversation between ALDE Group Presi...
The Franco-British Defence Deal: A first move towards a European Army?
By Savino Rua, member of the Union of European Federalists The United Kingdom and France have concluded this week a military cooperation agreement covering, among other issues, the establishment of a joint combined force, the sharing of military a...
The European Citizens’ Initiative. A New Springtime for European Democracy?
By Guido Montani, UEF Vice-President The European Parliament has defined the European Union a “Supranational democracy”. Unfortunately, the citizens’ behaviour mitigates this statement: since the first European election of 1979, until the las...
European Economic Government and Fiscal Sovereignty. The European Exit Strategy from Financial Crisis
By Guido Montani, Vice-President of the Union of European Federalists The crisis in the Monetary Union is at a crucial turning point. On the 9th May the EU governments created a stabilization facility of 750bn euro in an attempt to avoid financial...
The EU Crisis and European democracy, the role of the European Parliament for an effective European government of the economy
By Guido Montani, Vice-President of the Union of European Federalists The European Monetary Union is in danger and, since the EMU is the most important achievement of sixty years of European integration, this means that the survival of the European...
Declaration of Guy Verhofstadt: "60 years since the Schuman Declaration"
By Guy Verhofstadt, Honorary President of UEF Belgium Sixty years ago our continent had to answer a crucial question: are we going to work, live and die like we did for so many decades? Or are we finally going to work together? Robert Schuman was t...
The federal perspective in the Schuman declaration
Article by Sergio Pistone, Movimento Federalista Europeo The Schuman Declaration (9th May 1950), whose 60th anniversary is celebrated this year, is the founding document of the European unification process. Based on the Franco-German reconcili...
TAKING THE NEXT STEPS IN THE FEDERATION OF EUROPE
JOINT DECLARATION OF THE UNION OF EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS & THE YOUNG EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS Sixty years ago the Declaration of Robert Schuman changed the course of European history. It had the virtue of brevity and clarity. It was bold, and at once...
A constitutional emergency government to take Italy back to the furrow of European democracies
Article by Sergio Pistone, Movimento Federalista Europeo Italy is going through a very serious crisis. The solidity of the democratic state is in danger and, consequently, its capacity to contribute efficiently, as one of the Founding States, to th...
Federalists urge bold initiative on euro governance. Andrew Duff welcomes Van Rompuy task force on EMU
The Union of European Federalists has welcomed the decision of last week's European Council to establish an inquiry into the future governance of economic and monetary union. Meeting in Brussels on 27-28 March, the Federal Committee of the UEF, d...
New EU economic strategy - Repeating the failure of Lisbon strategy
by Joan-Marc Simon is Secretary General of the Union of European Federalists Remember the slogan of the EU during last 10 years? Yes, that thing about becoming the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world? Well, then get ready to co...
Guy Verhofstadt, Honorary President of the Union of the European Federalists - Belgium
On 23 February 2010, Mr Guy Verhofstadt, who was Prime Minister of Belgium between 1999 and 2008, joined the UEF-Belgium, an organisation aiming at a federal Europe, as its Honorary President. Mr Verhofstadt succeeds the former Minister and MEP Mr...
Join the Free Belarus Street Action 2010
For the fifth year running, the Young European Federalists are organising a pan-European street action on the 18th of March 2010, to protest against and raise awareness on the last remaining dictatorship on the European continent. Lukashenko, undemoc...
The EU needs a Federal Budget
By Guido Montani, Vice-President of UEF The EU will not be able to face the challenges if it doesn't reform its budget. At the end of last year’s financial turmoil, Jean-Claude Trichet i, President of the ECB, said in an interview that “the S...
Conference in Berlin, Friday October 23: Federation or Confederation, where goes Europe after the Lisbon treaty?,
On Friday 23rd October 2009, the Union of the European Federalists, with the collaboration of the Altiero Spinelli Institute for Federalist Studies and Europa-Union Deutschland, is organising in Berlin (Representation of the European Commission in Ge...
