The New Federalist | Webzine of the Young European Federalists

17/09/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

Who thought putting a wrecker of European values in charge of EU enlargement was a good idea?

As the incoming President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her team for the next European Commission, Hungary reliably played its usual (...)

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Global Affairs

09/09/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

The case for a ‘responsibility to protect nature’

30/08/2019 by Kalojan Hoffmeister

Towards a real European foreign policy

12/06/2019 by Thomas Buttin

The EU-Switzerland agreement still under negotiation

Switzerland doesn’t belong to the EU but it’s partially integrated to it thanks to different agreements that allow it to have a special (...)

10/05/2019 by Edouard Simon

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

Since 2016, the European Union has changed its paradigm in the field of defence. But how can we give body and life to this Security and (...)

Current Affairs & Policy

15/09/2019 by Pascal Letendre-Hanns

This Week in Europe: Parliament suspensions, election preparations and more

11/09/2019 by Laura Mercier

Analysis: Ursula von der Leyen announces her new Commission

11/09/2019 by Maddie Grounds

Stop and Search: Why Boris Johnson’s new crime-reduction proposal sets out a path for racial injustice in UK

It has been just one month since Boris Johnson was hopelessly handed the Brexit baton, and, though the threat of no-deal has been (...)

10/09/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

A taxi driver’s son personifies the UK’s constitutional crisis

For the past years, Brits have squabbled endlessly over the country’s departure from the EU, but British politicians are also embroiled (...)

History, Society & Culture

14/09/2019 by Radu Dumitrescu

Despite criticism, the EU needs a “European way of life”

23/08/2019 by Gabrielė Čiunkaitė

Thirty years since the Baltic Way – a momentous plea for freedom

21/08/2019 by Sakke Teerikoski

170 years since Victor Hugo’s speech about the ‘United States of Europe’

Today marks 170 years ago since Victor Hugo gave his famous speech about his vision for the United States of Europe. The French writer (...)

07/08/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

A pan-European version of Love Island would boost the European project

Anyone who has studied social sciences knows that mass media helps create a sense of belonging together. When everyone reads the same (...)

Youth, Education & Mobility

24/08/2019 by Guillermo Íñiguez

“European Universities” can be Europe’s next success story – if they get the right EU support

20/08/2019 by Paola Lo Bue Oddo

Travel experiences gone wrong: The joys of indirect nighttime bus rides across Europe

19/08/2019 by Dylan Marshall

Travel experiences gone wrong: Vienna, Budapest, a surprise assignment, and a puddle

They say travel broadens the mind – not least because travelling means unexpected experiences. Dylan Marshall recalls working on a (...)

17/08/2019 by Madelaine Pitt

Travel experiences gone wrong: Schengen or no Schengen?

They say travel broadens the mind – not least because travelling means unexpected experiences. Madelaine Pitt goes back to the day when (...)

Opinion

23/08/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

Lesson from the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact: Strong institutions are vital for small countries

22/08/2019 by Alonso Campos

Europe must readopt the spirit of CERN – for the sake of science, prosperity and European values

15/08/2019 by Louis Drounau

European democracy is achieved through transnational parties, not transnational lists

‘Transnational lists’ in European elections would mean creating a Europe-wide constituency to give citizens a chance to vote for common (...)

09/08/2019 by Riccardo Moschetti

As von der Leyen builds her Commission, the divided European Parliament can be an opportunity

Summertime doesn’t mean holidays for everyone. Ursula Von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, is travelling around EU (...)

Thinking Federalist

16/08/2019 by Juuso Järviniemi

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

27/07/2019 by Pierre Le Mouel

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

15/07/2019 by Riccardo Moschetti

Fixing the Spitzenkandidaten system for a more democratic EU

After more or less a month from the elections, the ninth legislature of the European Parliament started the same day as the European (...)

03/07/2019 by Flavia-Gabriela Sandu

Slaughter of the Spitzenkandidaten system showcases need for democratic EU reform

For the past few weeks, we have been witnesses to what could be characterised as a political blockage which only showcased the (...)

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