A boring Spitzenkandidat can't bring Europeans together

24/05/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

A boring Spitzenkandidat can’t bring Europeans together

For the second time in European elections, European-level parties have presented their lead candidates for Commission presidency (...)

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Current Affairs & Policy

Winners of the European Press Prize announced in Warsaw

24/05/2019 by TNF Editorial Board

Winners of the European Press Prize announced in Warsaw
Making Europe more democratic: Why the European Parliament needs a right of initiative

23/05/2019 by Marie Menke

Making Europe more democratic: Why the European Parliament needs a right of initiative
Over 200 candidates sign European Federalists' pledge ahead of the European elections

22/05/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

Over 200 candidates sign European Federalists’ pledge ahead of the European elections

The European Federalists have so far collected more than 200 MEP candidates’ signatures for a pledge to defend federalist policies in (...)
Letter: Your vote in the European elections is essential

22/05/2019 by Romain Laugier

Letter: Your vote in the European elections is essential

“The EU is useless”, “the European Parliament has never made a difference in my daily life”, “there’s no point in voting”, “our (...)

Thinking Federalist

#EurovisionDebate was EU democracy in action – now let's not let governments spoil this

16/05/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

#EurovisionDebate was EU democracy in action – now let’s not let governments spoil this
The Spitzenkandidaten are dead. Long live the Spitzenkandidaten!

14/05/2019 by Sebastiano Putoto

The Spitzenkandidaten are dead. Long live the Spitzenkandidaten!

Creating a European space of debate: Cross-border debate on EU and domestic affairs

29/04/2019 by Kalojan Hoffmeister

Creating a European space of debate: Cross-border debate on EU and domestic affairs

For European democracy to function properly, a public sphere is essential. Kalojan Hoffmeister, a student at the Humboldt European Law (...)
Creating a European space of debate: Europeanising the European elections

29/04/2019 by Kalojan Hoffmeister

Creating a European space of debate: Europeanising the European elections

For European democracy to function properly, a public sphere is essential. Kalojan Hoffmeister, a student at the Humboldt European Law (...)

Opinion

The false promise of populism

23/05/2019 by Andrew Howe

The false promise of populism
Centre-right federalism – A reconciliation

16/05/2019 by Radu Dumitrescu

Centre-right federalism – A reconciliation
What if the Commission and the Parliament were Eurosceptic?

28/04/2019 by Radu Dumitrescu

What if the Commission and the Parliament were Eurosceptic?

According to most of the polls, the Eurosceptic or sovereignist group in the European Parliament is set to grow after the elections of (...)
Fridays for Future – When politics fail

24/04/2019 by Courrier d’Europe - Made in Sorbonne

Fridays for Future – When politics fail

The youth strikes for climate have gathered pupils and students in the streets worldwide, every Friday since last August, when Greta (...)

History, Society & Culture

Resistance, liberation, democracy and the European Union

19/05/2019 by Roberto Castaldi

Resistance, liberation, democracy and the European Union
European Perspective: Europe Day 2019

09/05/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

European Perspective: Europe Day 2019
Making culture in the EU: An interview with Diego Marani

08/05/2019 by Beatrice Pepe

Making culture in the EU: An interview with Diego Marani

Diego Marani is an Italian novellist, translator, and newspaper columnist. In 1996 he invented Europanto, a mock international (...)
Identity building: How is Europe different from the nation?

03/05/2019 by Rhiannon Erdal

Identity building: How is Europe different from the nation?

Is it a different task to build EU identity with culture?

Global Affairs

European defence: advances were made, but where are they headed?

10/05/2019 by Edouard Simon

European defence: advances were made, but where are they headed?
Europe 2050: the urgency of a 'power strategy'

25/04/2019 by Florian Brunner

Europe 2050: the urgency of a ’power strategy’
PESCO, the pathway towards a common defence

22/04/2019 by Davide Emanuele Iannace

PESCO, the pathway towards a common defence

The Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) is the most recent proposal of the European Member States with regard to co-operation in (...)
Helena Legarda: The EU should invest in dual-use technologies

22/04/2019 by Hannah Illing

Helena Legarda: The EU should invest in dual-use technologies

Is China a rival of the European Union, or are they political partners? One area where China is definitely competing with the EU is (...)

News from JEF & our partners

Young European Federalists left disappointed with “no progress” at EU summit in Sibiu

10/05/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

Young European Federalists left disappointed with “no progress” at EU summit in Sibiu
JEF Helsinki calls for the decision-makers to-be-elected to adopt a holistic approach in the advancement of the movement of vocational expertise

04/05/2019 by JEF Helsinki

JEF Helsinki calls for the decision-makers to-be-elected to adopt a holistic approach in the advancement of the movement of vocational expertise
The New Federalist's Radu Dumitrescu shortlisted for European Press Prize 2019

26/03/2019 by TNF Editorial Board

The New Federalist’s Radu Dumitrescu shortlisted for European Press Prize 2019

Radu Dumitrescu, one of the Editors-in-Chief of The New Federalist, has been shortlisted for the 2019 edition of the European Press (...)
JEF-France outs 40 square-metre EU flag at Eiffel Tower in election campaign launch

19/03/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

JEF-France outs 40 square-metre EU flag at Eiffel Tower in election campaign launch

On Sunday 17 March, dozens of volunteers of the French JEF section, Les Jeunes Européens, gathered at Place du Trocadéro, known for its (...)