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23 MEPs support European Citizens’ Initiative for an Unconditional Basic Income

On the 28th of November, 23 Members of the European Parliament from 11 different European countries issued a joint statement expressing their support for the European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI) for Unconditional Basic Income. This calls upon the European Commission to assess the idea of (…)

Wednesday 4 December 2013

A Tribute to EU’s Greatest Achievement, Peace

We recently commemorated the 11th November, the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany, which ended one of the deadliest conflicts the world has ever known. Coined as “the war to end all wars” it has since been dwarfed in scale and horror by the Second World War. We (…)

Sunday 17 November 2013

Dignity for Roma people in Europe!

Who can still ignore the racial discriminations striking Roma people everywhere in Europe? The list of discrimination, rejection and racist violence that they face, like a baleful litany, is ever-growing and could sink into despair. In Romania, entire communities are rejected to secluded (…)

Sunday 13 October 2013

The cost of excess for the European Parliament

The bond of trust between public institutions and people is the basis of democracy. The trouble is that it is much easier to lose it than it is to gain. As the European parliament grows in size and increases its political authority, public trust is what it cannot go without. Yet worrying trends (…)

Thursday 3 October 2013

Pro-Europeanism in the UK: double or nothing?

The discussion of English Euroscepticism has been well and truly booming what with the rise of UKIP, heirs of the feeling of resentment towards the Maastricht Treaty; the prospect of a referendum after the next general election; and a shy Liberal Democrat party who are reluctant to declare (…)

Sunday 15 September 2013

Civil Society for a Participatory Democracy

Today a crisis of democracy has been provoked by contemporary globalization but with the increasing usage of the social networks (Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc.) and mobile communication devises (smartphone, e-pad, etc.), various international institutions found the way to organize web-debates (…)

Wednesday 14 August 2013

A European problem needs a European response

At the end of June European summit European national leaders agreed to set aside 8 billion euros, more than the 6 originally earmarked in February, to tackle youth unemployment throughout Europe. Since the crisis sparked in Europe 8 million of youth have fund themselves without a job and without (…)

Sunday 28 July 2013

Defining the political project for Europe

Just few days before European Council’s meeting, the Young European Federalists remember auspices created by Franco-German Statement signed last 30th May and emphasize the following. We welcome initiatives for growth, youth employment and we restate the need for a plan for sustainable (…)

Tuesday 25 June 2013

The UK’s identity crisis: a midlife crisis?

The debate about the continued membership of the UK within the European Union occurs in the middle of the economic crisis synonym of recession and massive cuts in Britain. Margaret Thatcher who died last month will be remembered for her overseas war in the Falklands, the destruction of (…)

Saturday 1 June 2013

Protecting the victims of violence, Europe-wide

Article signed by Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and EU Justice Commissioner and Antonio López-Istúriz, Member of the European Parliament, for the vote of “European Protection Order” during the plenary session of may, Every day, women around Europe are the victims (…)

Tuesday 28 May 2013

Should the City move to Frankfurt?

The City of London influences the global economy everyday, with its position as a great financial centre for international business, transactions and commerce. A service-based economy since the end of the Second World War, London’s success can be ascribed to a number of reasons such as, formerly (…)

Tuesday 21 May 2013

Fog on the channel, continent cuts off

Being pro-European and living in the UK is not the easiest thing to cope with. The UK is currently undergoing a debate on whether or not to leave the EU. The balance of power between the pros and cons of European integration is overwhelmingly in favour of the latter. This series depicts the (…)

Thursday 16 May 2013
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