Brussels | in presence
The UEF Federal Committee is convened for a meeting on Saturday, 21 November 2026, and on Sunday, 22 November 2026.
Federal Committee members and Observers are kindly invited to register in advance using this link: LINK HERE.
DRAFT AGENDA
This draft agenda is subject to changes.
Pre-Federal Committee Event: Friday, November 20, 2026
Theme and Venue: TBC
Day 1: Saturday, November 21, 2026
Theme: Federal Committee Meetings
Venue: Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU, Rue Ducale, 1000 Bruxelles
09:00 - 09:20 | Arrival of Participants & Registration
Please note that there will be a security check that might take a few minutes, we recommand you to adjust your arrival time accordingly.
09:30 - 09:45 | Welcoming words
09:45 - 10:00 | Opening of the Federal Committee
Formalities and Administrative Matters
- Election of the Tellers
- Election of a Credentials Committee
- Election of the Resolution Committee
- Adoption of the Agenda
- Adoption of the Minutes of the Federal Committees Meeting of Athens November 2025, Barcelona March 2026, Online September 2026
10:00 - 11:00 | Political introduction and Greetings by UEF President, Domenec Ruiz Devesa.
Q&A Session
11:00 - 11:30 | UEF National Sections expansion
Presentation by UEF Netherlands and vote for full membership TBC
Presentation by UEF Albania and vote for candidate status TBC
11:30 - 11:45 | Coffee Break
11:45 - 12:45 | Political debate and discussion sponsored by Hanns Seidel Foundation
12:45 - 14:00 | Networking Lunch Break sponsored by Hanns Seidel Foundation
14:00 - 14:45 | Task Force Capacity Building working groups
14:45 - 15:00 | Report from the facilitators of each working group on Capacity Building
15:00 - 16:45 | Political Commission Meetings
PC Meetings, three different sessions
16:45 - 17:00 | Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:45 | Union Act Campaign
Report and discussion
17:45 - 18:30 | Reports from Task Forces and Working Groups
Strategic Planning Task Force
Fundraising Strategy Task Force
Relations UEF-WFM
18:30 - 18:45 | Meeting of the Resolution Committee & Summary, Closing Remarks
20:00 | Social Dinner (Optional, self-financed)
Day 2: Sunday, November 22, 2026
Theme: Federal Committee Meetings
Venue: Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU, Rue Ducale, 1000 Bruxelles
09:00 - 09:30 | Arrival of Participants & Registration
09:30 - 10:00 | Financial Report 2026 and Presentation Budget 2027 by the Treasurer
Voting Session on Draft Budget 2027
10:00 - 10:30 | Activity Report by the Secretary General
Q&A Session
10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 | Reports from PC Chairs
Voting Session on Resolutions and Political Statements
11:45 - 12:30 | Reports from National Sections and JEF Europe
Each section will present its activities if willing to do so for 3 minutes.
12:30 - 13:15 | Roadmap towards Rome 2027
Q&A Session
13:15 - 13:30 | Closing Remarks by the President and Closing of the Meeting
REGISTRATION and CONTRIBUTIONS
The deadline for registration for the FC members is Friday, 30 October at noon.
The meeting is open to UEF Federal Committee members and Observers in accordance with the UEF Statutes and Rules of Procedure.
Participants are kindly requested to register in advance through the registration form above.
PROXY
If you are a FC member registered but unable to attend and your section has already exhausted the list of Substitute Members, you may issue a proxy (DOWNLOAD HERE). and sent to secretariat@federalists.eu
CONTRIBUTION (IN PRESENCE)
To face the costs of organising the Federal Committee meeting and as a contribution to UEF, we kindly ask for a mandatory contribution of €50 for the registration (25 € as JEF members, students and job seekers), according to Art. 6 par (1) of the FCO.
We thank you in advance for your support and your understanding.
Observers have to pay a contribution of 50 €.
You can send the contribution here:
Name of the bank: BNP PARIBAS FORTIS BANK, Rond-point Robert Schuman 10, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
TO: UNION OF EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS UEF
IBAN code: BE69210037609578
BIC: GEBABEBB
Communication: "FC Brussels 2026: *First Name* *Last Name*"
POLITICAL RESOLUTIONS and DEADLINES
In view of the Federal Committee meeting, the UEF Secretariat would like to remind of the deadlines set by the Federal Committee Rules of Procedure for the presentation and management of resolutions.
Article 10.2 of the Federal Committee Rules of Procedure states that resolutions must be sent to the Secretariat within three weeks of the FC meeting so that they can then be made available to all FC members.
In the case of the next meeting:
- 30 October, midnight (12 p.m.): deadline for submitting resolutions. You can use this form for the resolutions LINK
- 6 November: resolutions will be circulated and there will be a week to propose amendments
- 13 November, midnight (12 p.m): deadline for submitting amendements
All resolutions and amendments must be sent to the email address of the Secretariat (secretariat@federalists.eu)