XXV UEF European Congress

This year we celebrate our 70th anniversary. It is a historic milestone and a great accomplishment. The federalist movement has never lost sight of its ultimate and visionary goal since its foundation in 1946.

The UEF XXV European Congress marked the beginning of a seven-month celebratory period, culminating in December 2016 with a final event in Paris, the city where the movement was founded.

To kick off the celebrations we have put together an exhibition and booklet entitled “70 Years of Federalist Campaigns for a United and Federal Europe” exploring the history of European federalism. Both exhibition and booklet demonstrate how the European federalist movement has played an active role in calling for the most important developments and achievements throughout the history of the European project. You can find out more information on our 70th anniversary page.

Congress participants were amongst the first to see the exhibition and join us on a journey through seven decades of federalist ideas, campaigns and demonstrations.

With a mixture of historical documents, photographs and posters, the exhibition reveals story of European federalism decade-by-decade from its beginnings shortly after the war. Pictures of early campaigns and historical moments, from the first ‘euro’ coin and the frontier actions on the Franco-German border in the 1960s to the march of 100,000 people through the streets of Milan in 1985 and more recent campaigns right up to the present day, are combined with a narrative account of the history of our remarkable citizens’ movement.