Executive Bureau

The UEF President is elected by the UEF Congress by absolute majority vote. He is also the President of the Federal Committee and of the UEF Bureau.

Domènec Ruiz Devesa, from the UEF Spain section lawyer, economist and political scientist. Former senior advisor at the Ministry for the Presidency, a parliamentary assistant at the European Parliament, and the deputy chief of cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he is very active in European federalism since 2013, co-founding UEF Madrid and UEF Spain. After the UEF Congress in Vienna, he has been engaged as an active member of the FC of UEF Europe. Currently, a Member of the European Parliament in May 2019 and S&D spokesperson in the Committee of Constitutional Affairs. In the European Parliament, works closely with the Spinelli Group in order to make progress in the federalist roadmap.

He has been President ad interim since 3 August 2023, and elected President in 25 November 2023 in the XXVIII UEF Congress. Since December 2023, he is Vice President of the European Movement International. He was re-elected President on 21 March 2026 in the XXIX UEF Congress.

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional: 

• Political, policy, and strategic coordination 

• Institutional advocacy impulse and coordination 

• Chairing of EB 

• Relations with JEF, EU Institutions, EMI, Action Committee, Spinelli Group, WFM 

• Convening of Statutory Meetings 

E-Mail domenec.devesa@gmail.com

*As approved by the EB on the Meeting of the 13th of April 2026

Markus Ferber has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1994. During his time in office, he has served in multiple high-profile roles, such as Chairman, CSU delegation in the European Parliament and Co-Chairman, CDU/CSU delegation in the EPP Group. Currently, he serves as the Coordinator of the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON). Additionally, he has been appointed to the Transport and Tourism committee (TRAN) and was elected as 1st Vice-Chair to the Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC). Markus Ferber takes a keen interest in financial services, as well as banking and insurance legislation. Since the year 2000 he chairs the Europa Union Bavaria. On 1 January 2020, Ferber became Chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, a political foundation associated with the CSU.

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional:  

• Deputising for the President 

• Lead: Liaison with the European Parliament 

• Lead: Liaison with the Spinelli Group 

• Institutional advocacy 

• Political and policy insight 

Thematic: 

• Support: Competitiveness, economic and monetary union, budget, and taxation 

E-Mail markus.ferber@europarl.europa.eu

Alin Mituța has been a Member of the European Parliament from 2020 to 2024. He is now Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affaris in Romania.

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional:  

• Deputising for the President 

• Lead: Liaison with the Council 

• Institutional advocacy 

• Political and policy insight 

Thematic: 

• Support: Foreign policy and security 

E-Mail alin.mituta@gmail.com

Daphne Gogou Elected member of the UEF Bureau since 2018, President of the UEF Greece since 2022 and Board member of the WFM since 2021. She was the chairperson of the UEF Political Committee of internal security, migration and citizens rights from 2014 until 2018. As a lawyer, she worked as a senior policy expert in the European Commission from 1992 until 2024. She has considerable experience regarding the functioning of the European Institutions (in telecoms, environment, people mobility, human rights, enlargement).  In particular,  her work has focused on global migration and human rights issues, international negotiations and corporate social responsibility, reciprocity as well as sustainable development. During the Covid period (2020-2022), she was the coordinator for the external dimension of the EU COVID certificate /cooperation with third countries (82 Unilateral Recognition Decisions adopted)

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional:  

Deputising for the President 

Lead: Policy development 

Lead: World federalism 

Support: Policy research and studies 

Support: Drafting UEF legal/statutory texts 

Thematic:  

Lead: Foreign policy and global governance 

Lead: Migration 

Support: Enlargement 

Support: Education and culture 

E-Mail dafni.gogou@yahoo.fr

Giulia Rossolillo is a full Professor of International law in the Law Department of the University of Pavia, where she teaches International Trade Law and European Union Law. Coordinator and lecturer at the Master Course "La lingua del diritto: comprensione, elaborazione e applicazioni professionali". Member of the Board of Professors and lecturer at the Doctoral Course "Public Law, Criminal Justice and International" of the (University of Pavia). She is also the President of the Centre for Studies on the European Union of the University of Pavia. She holds a PhD in International Law (University of Rome, “La Sapienza”). Member of the Scientific Council of the Journal La Comunità Internazionale and of the Editorial Committee of the Journal “Rivista di diritto internazionale private e processuale”. Editor of the Journal “Il Federalista/The Federalist”. She is a member of the Italian Society of International Law (SIDI). Her scientific interests general theory of private and procedural international law; nature and prospects of developments in the European Union; differentiated integration into European Union law and Economic and Monetary Union.

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional:  

Deputising for the President 

Lead: Policy coordination and coherence 

Support: Policy development 

Support: Policy research and studies 

Support: Drafting UEF legal/statutory texts 

Thematic:  

Lead: Institutional reforms and democracy 

Support: Economic and monetary union, taxation and budget 

E-Mail giulia.rossolillo@unipv.it

*As approved by the EB on the Meeting of the 13th of April 2026

Elected by the Federal Committee on the nomination of the Bureau, s/he is responsible for the management of the funds, for which he shall be answerable. Any decision in the Executive Bureau beyond the adopted budget lines shall not be taken against the vote of the Treasurer, unless the respective proposal includes a balance of its financial burden. He is accountable to the Federal Committee.

Antonio Argenziano has been a a member of the UEF Federal Committee since 2018. He is Vice-President of the European Movement International (EMI). He has a master degree in Modern History and is specialized in the history of European Integration.
He is a long activist experience and has always focused his engagement on Federalism and European Affairs. He as been the President of Young European Federalists (JEF Europe) between 2021 and 2023. Before being elected as European President, he has been National Treasurer and then Secretary General of JEF Italy.
He also worked as Public Affairs Manager at Euractiv Italy and then as Political and Strategic Communication Consultant.
He has been producer of two documentaries ("A Good Wind" and "The Compass"), has been a speaker to countless national and international events and seminars on European affairs and, among other things, in 2021 he has been nominated, by the Italian Government, as a member of the Scientific Committee on the Future of Europe.

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional: 

Lead: Finances, budgeting, including fundraising and grant coordination  

Lead: Liaison with the Auditing Committee 

Support: HR Matter of the Secretariat 

E-Mail: antonioargenziano17@gmail.com

*As approved by the EB on the Meeting of the 13th of April 2026

François Leray Member of the board and former President of UEF France (2021-2023), François Leray has been acting for twenty years as chief of staff and director of communications in central government and local authorities. Vice-chairman of the "Communication Publique" association, he is particularly interested in issues relating to disinformation and the transformation of the public sphere as a result of the digital revolution. He has a master's degree in international relations and a master's degree in communication, and is certified in digital marketing, European law and crisis communication.

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional: 

Lead: Strategic planning  

Lead: Policy evaluation 

Support: world federalism 

Thematic: 

Support: Global governance 

Support: Taxation 

Support: Defence and security 

Support: Digital sovereignty 

E-Mail francois.leray@federalists.eu

Eszter Nagy is an economist, a former diplomat and a devoted European. She has been active in the Hungarian section of the European Federalists since 2016, and since the UEF Congress in Vienna has been a Federal Committee member on behalf of her section. In February 2019, she was the main organizer of a political debate during the campaign period for European elections and the "We are Europe Citizens’ Agora" in Budapest. In January 2021, she coordinated and organized the Hungarian participation in the form of 2 online panel discussions in the framework of the UEF project, "Democracy is Europe". Besides Hungarian, she speaks English, French, German, and Spanish. She would like to contribute to the real unification of European societies and further development of the European integration into a more federalist direction.

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional: 

Lead: Creation of new sections 

Lead: Twinning programs between UEF Sections 

Support: Communications 

Thematic: 

Lead: rule of law and democracy 

Support: enlargement 

Email: nagyeszter0213@gmail.com

Simina Tulbure is the President of UEF Romania and a former Member of the Romanian Parliament (2020–2024), representing the Romanian diaspora. During my mandate she worked on education, youth policies and European citizenship, including introducing European citizenship education into the national curriculum. She has experience with several European institutions: she was a Schuman trainee at the European Parliament and worked within the European Investment Bank. She currently serve as Honorary Adviser to the Romanian Minister of Investments and European Projects, contributing to discussions on the future EU budget and strategic European investments. She studied at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom and has long been engaged in European policy and international networks. As a committed federalist, she wants UEF to play a stronger political role in advocating treaty reform, qualified majority voting and a more democratic and federal European Union.

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional: 

Lead: Communications  

Support: Campaigns 

Support: Creation of new sections 

Thematic: 

Lead: Enlargement 

Support: Foreign policy 

Support: Security and defence 

Email: simina.tulbure@gmail.com

Liubba El Hadi Hamed holds a MSc in Telecommunication Engineering (University of Bordeaux and University of Granada), with distinction in “The Future of Europe, Political Science and Government” (UNIR, 2023), Rafael del Pino scholar at MIT (2025) and currently completing the AI Institutional Governance and Ethics programme (Complutense University of Madrid). She is an Expert in telecom infrastructures, innovation and AI‑based business analysis. She served as Senior Advisor to the the Ministry of Digital Transformation (2024-25). She is currently Managing Consultant in Tech Policy at BluSpecs, leading the EU‑funded “Women in Digital” and “Techconnect” initiatives. She is Board member of the Ateneo de Madrid, and political activist through UEF Spain and the pan-european movement, Eumans.

Responsabilities in the EB*:

Functional:  

Lead: Campaigns 

Lead: Partnerships 

Thematic:

Lead: Digital sovereignty 

Email: liubbahamed@gmail.com

Roberto Castaldi joined JEF in 1989. He was JEF-Italy Secretary general from 1995 to 1999. He was secretary of MFE-Pisa from 1993 to 2020, president of MFE-Tuscany from 2019 to 2026. He is Secretary general of MFE since 2025 and outgoing UEF FC member.
He also is a professor of Political theory at eCampus University; founder and director of the International Centre for European and global governance (Cesue.eu), of Euractiv Italy (2020-2026) and now Focus Europe Italy (focuseurope.it). He was in the Italian Government scientific committee for the future of Europe. He is co-editor of Perspectives on Federalism, an interdisciplinary scientific journal. He was in the organizing team of the 2017 March for Europe. He won a 30.000 € Spinelli Prize, which he donated to UEF in 2017. He promoted some pro-EU appeals by European intellectuals published by the main European media. Today, he organises many conferences, training seminars, and participated in TV and radio programs. He is the coordinator of various EU projects.

Responsabilities in the EB*:

Functional:  

Lead: Grants development  

Support: Grant management 

Support: Action Committee 

Support: Policy research and studies 

Thematic: 

Lead: Security and Defence 

Support: Foreign policy 

Email: roberto.castaldi@focuseurope.it

Michael Montag Since 2017 he is chairing a EUD local branch at the very north of Germany with around 100 members. He is organising annual trips to European friends. The participants get inspired by the contact to citizens at foreign European Countries. The members appreciate the trips which make our local organisation grow. In 2022 he participated first time to a FC Meeting and joined the PC3. During the last two years, it was his pleasure, being a member of the FC-Presidium with success.

Responsabilities in the EB*:

Functional:  

Lead: Fundraising 

Support: Creation of new sections 

Support: Twinning programs between UEF Sections 

Thematic: 

Lead: Education and culture 

Email: michael.m.montag@europauniontarp.de

José Luis Salazar (Barcelona 1954).- Jurist and Economics University of Barcelona, specialized in European Law, Environmental Law, Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Institutions. Environmental Management of the Polytechnic University of Madrid and Master on International Business Administration (US Int' l Univ. S. Diego., CA).

Sebastian Camarero is German and Spanish, feeling European, he has been committed to European federalism since school times and joined the European Federalists in 2009. He served as Treasurer of JEF Baden-Württemberg (2022–2023) and has been a member of the Executive Board of Europa-Union Baden-Württemberg since 2023. Since 2025, he sits on the Federal Committee of UEF, contributing to the Strategy Task Force, the drafting of the manifesto and several policy committees. He holds a PhD in economics and studied and lived across Europe. He currently works at the European Commission (DG FISMA) on the Savings and Investment Union, after professional experience in the Eurosystem and at the Centre for European Economic Research. He combines long-standing movement commitment with hands-on institutional expertise and stand for a democratic, sovereign and economically strong federal Europe that delivers for its citizens.

Responsabilities in the EB*:

Functional:  

Lead: Policy research and studies 

Thematic: 

Lead: Competitiveness, economic and monetary union, taxation and budget 

Email: sebastian.camarero@eubw.eu

Moritz Hergl (ex-officio EB Member as JEF President)

Responsabilities in the EB*:

Lead: Relations with JEF 

Email: moritz.hergl@jef.eu

*As approved by the EB on the Meeting of the 13th of April 2026

Andrew Duff is a Liberal Democrat politician, president of the Union of European Federalists from 2008 to 2013 and a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England region of the UK.

Mercedes Bresso was a member of the provincial, regional and national party executives of the Democrats of the Left. 1995–2004, she was the President of the Turin Province, and, a Member of Regional Council (1985–1995) and of the Regional Executive (1994–1995) with responsibility for regional planning in Piedmont. She was a member of the Committee of the Regions and its Bureau 1998–2004. Between 2005 and 2010, she was President of the Piedmont region. Since 2002, she is the Italian Vice-Chairperson of AICCRE; 2000–2004, she was Chairperson of the World Federation of United Cities, and, 2004–2005, founding Chairperson of the Organisation Cités et Gouvernements locaux Unis. Between March 2005 and October 2008, she was President of the Union of European Federalists (UEF).

Jo Leinen is a Member of the European Parliament representing Germany. He was elected on the SPD ticket and acts as a representative within the Party of European Socialists group. He obtained a Law Degree in 1972 and a Certificate of Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, in 1974. Furthermore, he has been a President of the UEF from 1996 to 2006.

Elmar Peter Brok (born 14 May 1946) is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1980 until 2019, who is best known for his role as chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the CDU, which is part of the European People's Party. An MEP from 1980 until 2019, Brok held many leadership positions in German and European politics. As a member of the Convention on the Constitution for Europe and in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Brok is widely credited with contributing crucially to the Constitution of the European Union. He was elected President of the Union of European Federalists in 2013.

Sandro Gozi is an Italian politician formerly of the Democratic Party who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2020. He was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2018 and was elected to the European Parliament in 2019, representing France on the list of Macron's LREM. On 28 February 2014 Gozi joined the Renzi Cabinet as Under-Secretary for European Affairs in the office of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.[3] Despite not receiving the title of Minister, as his predecessors, Gozi was tasked with coordinating, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the six months of Italy's Presidency of the EU Council. He was elected President of UEF in 2018 and lead the UEF until July 2023.

Philipp Agathonos

Friedhelm Frischenschlager is an Austrian politician, originally a member of the Freedom Party of Austria before co-founding the Liberal Forum in 1993. Frischenschlager has served in the European Parliament (1996-1999), as a Director of the department of democratization of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (2001-2003), and he has been a Secretary-General of the UEF from 2005 to 2007.

Alfonso Iozzo has graduated in economics from the University of Turin and started his career at the Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, where from 1961 to 1995 he held in succession the position had of research and planning department; General Manager, International Division; and Deputy Chief General Manager. From 1995 to 2001 he was Secretary General of Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin, from 2001 to 2006 Managing Director of San Paolo Imi, and from 2006 to 2008 President of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti in Rome. In addition he occuped numerous non-executive position in financial institutions (Associazione Bancaria Italiana, Hambros Bank LTD London, Banque Indosuez Paris, Banco del Desarrollo Santiago, Ruegg Bank AG Zurig, Inter-europa Bank Budapest, Institut of International Finance Washington DC). He was also a member of the Movimento Federealista Europeo since 1963, served as ITC president from 1995 to 2005, and he has been a member of the Executive Board of the Union of the European Federalists since 1998.

Guido Montani is a full time professor of International Political Economy at the University of Pavia (I). In 1970 he was elected President of the Jeunes du MFE, the supranational organisation of the federalists during the sixties, until 1972, when in the Luxembourg’s Congress the present JEF was founded. As the responsible for the youth policy in the MFE-Italy, he founded the first federalist seminar in Ventotene in 1982 and after Spinelli’s death, the Altiero Spinelli Institute for Federalist Studies in 1987. In 1993 he was elected Secretary-General of the MFE and from 2005 to 2009 he was President of the MFE. From 2008 to 2013 he has been a Vice-President of the UEF.

Sergio Pistone is a professor of European integration at the Faculty of Political Science at the univeristy of Torino, also holder of the chair "Jean Monnet". He is member of the scientific committee publishing the series "History of Federalism and European Integration" ("Storia del Federalismo e dell' integrazione europea").

According to the Article 16, 17 and 20 of UEF Statutes, the UEF Secretary-General, in brief:

• he/she is confirmed, on the proposal of the President, a Secretary General, who can be an employee or a volunteer;
• attends the meetings of the Executive Bureau, but without the right to vote and to attend all meetings of the organs of the U.E.F;
• is responsible for running the UEF Secretariat and carrying out the decisions delegated to him/her by the organs of UEF;
• shall act as a supervisor and superior to all staff members in the Secretariat.

Mathilde Baudouin - Secretary General named on 14 July 2025, re-confirmed on 22 March 2026 -  E-Mail: mathilde.baudouin@federalists.eu

Responsibilities in the EB*:

Functional:  

Lead: Support to the EB 

Lead: Secretariat of Spinelli Group and Action Committee 

Lead: Liaison with JEF, EU Institutions, EMI, WFM, Liaison group 

Lead: Liaison with UEF National Sections 

Lead: Organise Statutory Meetings 

Lead: Lead the Secretariat and its staff 

Lead: Implement the campaigns 

Lead: Grants management 

Support: Finances 

Support: Political advocacy 

*As approved by the EB on the Meeting of the 13th of April 2026