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• Thinking Federalist

  After the European Council, JEF-Europe calls for a shift from the intergovernmental perspective to a federalist EU integration

  

  20 December 2011 – Following the European Council of the 8 and 9 of December 2011, the Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) welcome the willingness of Eurozone and additional countries to deepen their cooperation in order to address the current difficulties (...) by JEF-Europe | 2 comments

• Thinking Federalist

  Open Letter to the Heads of State and the President of the European Council

  

  8 December 2011 – Dear Heads of State, dear President of the European Council, In view of the European summit, we are calling you to introduce federalist reforms to improve the functioning of the European Union. The EU finds itself at another crossroads, (...) by JEF-Europe, Pauline Gessant

• Thinking Federalist

  Appeal by the European Federalists: FEDERAL UNION NOW!

  

  16 November 2011 – The foundations of the unity and solidarity among the European people are in jeopardy. Europe’s future hangs in the balance. Politics must find the right instruments to act at once. All the attempts to tackle the crisis using the normal (...)

• Thinking Federalist

  A Federalist solution to the Danube

  

  6 November 2011 – That’s what we love to sing about in JEF. It’s a little cheesy, a little fun, but it also means something and sometimes we don’t always realise how true it is. Recently I had the privilege of being a guest of the think tank ELF (European Liberal (...) by Allan Siao Ming Witherick

• Thinking Federalist

  Towards the Federation of Europe

  8 October 2011 – At the initiative of the Permanent Forum of European Civil Society, created in 1995 around a draft Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, citizens from several Member States met on 1 October 2011. The theme of the meeting - held in Houjarray (...) by Permanent Forum of European civil society

• Thinking Federalist

  This Season’s top trend – Federalism making a comeback

  

  26 September 2011 – European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso emphasised in the European Parliament last week that Europe needs «a new, unifying impulse, a new federalist moment». He argued that the solution to the crisis would have to involve the “Community (...) by JEF-Europe

• Thinking Federalist

  The European Citizens’Initiative : from a long claim to a wonderful opportunity!

  

  14 September 2011 – A long claim… The participation of citizens in European decision-making is a long-standing demand of the Federalists and of JEF-Europe. Already during the Convention, federal organizations conducted intense lobbying that led to the introduction (...) by Pauline Gessant | 1 comment

• Thinking Federalist

  Federalism in Action?

  

  15 August 2011 – The European Union. It’s a nice idea. It’s got some great aspects, it’s got some cuddly bits, and like any other grand idea it’s got the bits which simply don’t work on a practical level. Not for the want of trying but simply because sometimes the (...) by Allan Siao Ming Witherick and Vaida Cesnuleviciute

• Thinking Federalist

  2014: Awakening Europe

  

  18 July 2011 – The first half of the twentieth century was marked by two European civil wars, the deadliest that history has seen, and for forty years, one of the side effects of these wars has been the division of the continent of Europe into two antagonistic (...) by Jean Boissonnat, Jean-Guy Giraud, Jean-Michel Fauve, Michel Albert, Michel Camdessus, Robert Toulemon, Translated by Jill Haapaniemi | 2 comments

• Thinking Federalist

  Europe Coming Out of the Rut

  23 June 2011 – Everyone seems to agree that Europe is not headed in the best direction. How disappointing it is to see the European Union, as it is today, powerless and divided, misunderstood by the European citizen. While we should acknowledge certain (...) by Catherine Grèze, Christian Philip, Damien Abad, Denis Badré, Fabienne Keller, Frédéric Benhaim, Jérôme Lambert, Jean-Luc Sauron, Najat Vallaud Belkacem, Sylvie Goulard, Translated by Jill Haapaniemi

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