Interviews and Guest Writers - The New Federalist

Interview with Sandro Gozi: “The current Commission is one of the weakest ever!”

Sandro Gozi is not just an ordinary Member of the European Parliament; he is one of the most prominent federalist politicians within the EU. Currently, he is an MEP for Renew Europe and the Secretary General of the European Democratic Party. He is also the former President of the Union of (…)

Thursday 6 February 2025

Interview with JEF Europe’s Executive Board Member Kati Systä

This interview is the first article in the new TNF series “Meet the EB Member”, which aims to bring to our readers the perspectives of JEF Europe’s leadership and their thoughts on the movement, federalism, and Europe. We thank the members for their participation! Please tell us about (…)

Sunday 26 January 2025

Europe in 2024: The Farewell Letter of Tähdistö’s Editor-in-Chief

Ninni Norra (b. 2001) is the co-editor-in-chief of Tähdistö, a trilingual Finnish magazine focused on European affairs and partnered with the New Federalist. The past year as Editor-in-Chief of Tähdistö has been truly rewarding. The volume of our publications has reached record numbers, and (…)

Wednesday 18 December 2024

Federalist Voices from the World

This year, during the Ventotene seminar, which annually brings together 150 young people from Europe and around the world to the island for training and debate on European and global federalism, something unique happened. Amid hail, wind, and rain, during a “perfect storm” on Thursday, September (…)

Sunday 24 November 2024

The European Investment Bank: Europe’s hidden powerhouse of progress

Check’Europe is our section’s way of providing better information about Europe and combating misinformation. At our project meeting in Luxembourg City, we went to meet staff from two of the city’s European institutions: the CJEU and the EIB. They are much less well known than their Brussels (…)

Thursday 10 October 2024

Interview with Nicu Popescu: “Europe is the best way to consolidate peace, democracy and prosperity in Moldova “

Moldova is at a turning point in its history. Since 2022 the country is on the EU accession pathway, successively and successfully become a candidate country, and then opening accession negotiations earlier this year. This month, the Moldovan population will have to decide on its European future (…)

Monday 7 October 2024

Wikipedia and the Digital Services Act: Lessons on the strength of community and the future of internet regulation

This week marks one year since the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) formally applied to Wikipedia. The DSA is a law that governs how to host websites for people in the European Union (EU). Wikipedia is just one of 19 platforms to be designated as a “Very Large Online Platform”; (VLOP) (…)

Friday 30 August 2024

Interview with Xesc Mainzer, JEF Europe’s current Vice President

Today I have the pleasure of sharing a bit of insight on one of JEF Europe’s well loved Vice Presidents - Xesc Mainzer. Originally hailing from Mallorca, Spain, Xesc is now based in Brussels as he currently works at the European Committee of Regions alongside his role at JEF Europe. How did (…)

Tuesday 9 July 2024

Breaking Boundaries: The story of the first Erasmus student to stand for EP elections in another state

Lefteris - Foivos Vassilopoulos is the first Erasmus student to have stood for 4 months as a candidate for the European Parliament in a Member State other than his own. Lefteris is a 22 year old Greek who explained to us why he decided to stand as a candidate in France (especially in the Volt (…)

Thursday 23 May 2024

Interview with Rares Voicu, Presidential Candidate for the European Youth Forum

In anticipation of the European Youth Forum elections scheduled for 16/5/24, TNF sat with candidates for the leadership roles in this organization, representing young people across Europe, and asked them questions regarding their visions for European youth and the European federalism Hi :) (…)

Wednesday 15 May 2024

Interview with Giorgos Papaioannou, VP Candidate for the European Youth Forum

In anticipation of the European Youth Forum elections scheduled for 16/5/24, TNF sat with candidates for the leadership roles in this organization, representing young people across Europe, and asked them questions regarding their visions for European youth and the European federalism Hi :) (…)

Wednesday 15 May 2024

Interview with Nicholas Kujala, VP Candidate for the European Youth Forum

In anticipation of the European Youth Forum elections scheduled for 16/5/24, TNF sat with candidates for the leadership roles in this organization, representing young people across Europe, and asked them questions regarding their visions for European youth and the European federalism Hi :) (…)

Tuesday 14 May 2024