End of the COFOE and its follow-up
The European Parliament, after the end of CoFoE in May 2022, immediately adopted a resolution calling on the European Council to open a European Convention to initiate treaty reform.
However, the EU Council postponed the decision for a year by asking the EP to prepare a proposal for a new treaty (concluded with the approval of a resolution on 22 November 2023).
The results of the Conference on the Future of Europe were a great success: because the proposals that emerged in CoFoE show that citizens are aware of the need for more Europe.
Moreover, the main federalist proposals, such as the one on the creation of an EU fiscal power, made it into the final proposals of the conference.
After the end of CoFoE, UEF actions focused on two actions:
(i) mobilising public opinion to support the outcome of the conference;
(ii) the collection of signatures on the European Petition to the EU Council (Respect the Will of the Citizens and CoFoE) to demand the launch of the Convention for the Reform of the Treaties and support the European Parliament in its reform efforts.
EVENTS
For a federal Europe, sovereign and democratic - The time is now!
Sunday 8 May 2022, 10:30-12:30 | Strasbourg, Grande Salle de l’Aubette and online
Federalist online lunch debate | Brake or Boost? The influence of elections in Member States on the European unification process, in particular on the implementation of the results of the Conference on the Future of Europe
13 September 2022 | 12:30-13:00 (CET), Online
LINK HERE
Federalist online lunch debate | Future of Europe: Next step Convention?
27 September 2022 | 12:30-13:30 (CET) | Online
LINK HERE
UEF and TheSpinelliGroup event | European Convention: The momemtum to give rise to a shared and democratic European sovereignity?
Hybrid event | 7 November 2022 | 19:00-20:30 (CET) The Press Club, Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels
LINK HERE
A step forward to a federal Europe, sovereign and democratic
PRESS RELEASE | Brussels, 10/06/2022
The European Parliament confirms the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe and calls for a Convention for the revision of the Treaties
The urgent need for a Federal Europe, Sovreign and Democratic
20 June 2022 | UEF President sends AFCO and the Spinelli Group the document with federalist proposals from MFE for the reform of the EU Treaties
In the paper, some eminent experts of the Movimento Federalista Europeo (MFE), the Italian section of the Union of European Federalists, outline a series of reforms of the EU institutional architecture, which might streamline and democratise the functioning to the Union.
The UEF joins in the concerns of CoFoE citizens
PR, Brussels, 02/12/2022
Citizens representatives asked the Council to take their recommendations seriously and ensure a proper follow-up, including through treaty change.