It is finally time for a Federal Union in Ireland?

27/01/2020 by Alessandro D’Onofrio

It is finally time for a Federal Union in Ireland?

Deadlock over Brexit is very much the product of the Irish question, which for over a century has pitched nationalisms against each (...)

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History, Society & Culture

Happy New Year from The New Federalist!

01/01/2020 by Aimee Pearcy

Happy New Year from The New Federalist!
Novi Sad's year as European Youth Capital: Living out European values outside the EU

24/12/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

Novi Sad’s year as European Youth Capital: Living out European values outside the EU
Why the idea of the Fall of the Berlin Wall symbolising the end of the Cold War is a Western interpretation of history

26/11/2019 by Jan Sztanka-Tóth

Why the idea of the Fall of the Berlin Wall symbolising the end of the Cold War is a Western interpretation of history

Jan Sztanka-Tóth is half-Polish, half-Hungarian. He explains how the year 1989 is viewed in Central and Eastern (...)
Karl-Heinz Lambertz: “The past 15 years have seen a paradigm shift in the area of migration”.

25/11/2019 by Alexandre Kintzinger

Karl-Heinz Lambertz: “The past 15 years have seen a paradigm shift in the area of migration”.

The New Federalist interviews Karl-Heinz Lambertz, president of the European Committee of the Regions and of the Parliament of the (...)

Current Affairs & Policy

Abortion legalisation - an underwhelming revolution for Northern Ireland

23/01/2020 by Maryse Lhommet

Abortion legalisation - an underwhelming revolution for Northern Ireland
European Perspectives: Climate Protection from London to Skopje

22/01/2020 by Andrea Joveski

European Perspectives: Climate Protection from London to Skopje
How is Malta's corruption and lack of good governance affecting the EU?

17/01/2020 by Christine Mamo

How is Malta’s corruption and lack of good governance affecting the EU?

Maltese citizen Christine Mamo explains the reaction of the European Parliament to the crisis.
Interview with Maria Popczyk: “My experience of the Polish election campaign”

01/01/2020 by Madelaine Pitt

Interview with Maria Popczyk: “My experience of the Polish election campaign”

Maria Popczyk, Editor-in-Chief of our Polish sister publication, Kurier Europejski, was in Poland during the recent election campaign. (...)

Global Affairs

Will Belarus survive the next decade?

17/01/2020 by Théo Boucart

Will Belarus survive the next decade?
UN Climate Change Conference 2019: Time to act

12/12/2019 by Stefanie Neufeld

UN Climate Change Conference 2019: Time to act
Europe stumbles in the Middle East

29/11/2019 by Davide Zurlo

Europe stumbles in the Middle East

Destabilization in Syria destabilizes neighboring territories.
Failing to launch accession talks for North Macedonia and Albania is a historic mistake. Here's how we should move forward

04/11/2019 by Nikola Donev

Failing to launch accession talks for North Macedonia and Albania is a historic mistake. Here’s how we should move forward

Nikola Donev outlines the history of the Western Balkans and explains what the EU’s failure to launch accession talks with North (...)

Opinion

What us Canadians know about Brexit and what this says about how “global citizens” consume news

23/12/2019 by Aleen Leigh Stanton

What us Canadians know about Brexit and what this says about how “global citizens” consume news
Malta's Student Revolution

04/12/2019 by Thomas Cassar Ruggier

Malta’s Student Revolution
COP25: How Did We Learn to Love the Status Quo?

02/12/2019 by Christian Gibbons

COP25: How Did We Learn to Love the Status Quo?

A confession: I am a dedicated environmentalist, and I am not looking forward to the COP25 conference.
Female journalists face violent abuse online. Journalism and democracy are losing out

15/11/2019 by Madelaine Pitt

Female journalists face violent abuse online. Journalism and democracy are losing out

The New Federalist attended the World Forum for Democracy 2019, which took place at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 6th-8th (...)

Thinking Federalist

Let's talk about federalism – an anthropological approach

08/12/2019 by Sofie Hølmkjær Jacobsen

Let’s talk about federalism – an anthropological approach

Europe of Regions: what do we mean when we speak of subsidiarity?

07/12/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

Europe of Regions: what do we mean when we speak of subsidiarity?
Antifederalists can critique the EU – but only federalists have viable solutions

16/08/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

Antifederalists can critique the EU – but only federalists have viable solutions

Juuso Järviniemi comments on Dirk Jörke and Jared Sonnicksen’s paper “Towards an Antifederalist Theory of the EU: Democratic Federal (...)
Niyazi Kızılyürek MEP: My campaign “was not federalism in abstract but federalism in practice”

27/07/2019 by Pierre Le Mouel

Niyazi Kızılyürek MEP: My campaign “was not federalism in abstract but federalism in practice”

On 26 May, the small country of Cyprus made history by electing, for the first time since 1964, a Turkish Cypriot. This event was only (...)

News from JEF & our partners

Summer Throwback: Travel blog from the I Choose Europe bus tour

08/11/2019 by Denis Shemyakin

Summer Throwback: Travel blog from the I Choose Europe bus tour
Call for Editorial Team Applications

03/11/2019 by TNF Editorial Board

Call for Editorial Team Applications
Call for Editorial Committee Applications 2019/2020

08/10/2019 by TNF Editorial Board

Call for Editorial Committee Applications 2019/2020

The New Federalist is recruiting! Send your applications to tnf at jef.eu by 23rd October!
Farewell from the 2017/19 editors!

07/10/2019 by TNF Editorial Board

Farewell from the 2017/19 editors!

The mandate of The New Federalist’s editorial team 2017/19 has come to an end. Before giving way to the new team for the two years to (...)