Brussels | in presence
Venue: International Press Club, Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels
DRAFT AGENDA (updated 24-04-25)
Saturday, 21 June 2025
9:30 | ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS & REGISTRATIONS
10:00 | OPENING OF THE FEDERAL COMMITTEE
FORMALITIES
▪ 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 Committee Meeting of Budapest on 16 November 2024
10:20 | POLITICAL INTRODUCTION/POLITICAL REPORT
▪ DOMENEC RUIZ DEVESA, President of the Union of European Federalists
Followed by a Q&A
11:05-11:20 | COFFEE BREAK
11:20-13:00 | POLITICAL DEBATE ON DEFENCE (tbc)
- Presentation of the UEF campaigns with partners (introduction to the Memorandum, presentation of Action Committee for the USE)
- Guests by Spinelli Group and/or partners
Debate
13:00-14:30 | LUNCH BREAK
A buffet will be provided for participants in presence at the Press Club venue
14:30-16:30 | POLITICAL COMMISSION MEETINGS
16:30-16:45 | COFFEE BREAK
16:45-17:45 | REPORTS PC CHAIRS
- Voting session on resolutions and political statements
17:45-18:00 | END
*20:30 | SOCIAL DINNER (self-financed on demand)
Sunday, 22 June 2025
09:15 | ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS & REGISTRATIONS
09:45 | OPENING OF THE MEETING
10:00 | ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT VACANT POSITIONS
10:30-11:00 | FINANCIAL REPORT OF TREASURER
- Report Internal Auditors
- Voting Session on Accounts and Balance Sheet 2024
11:00-11:30 | ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL
11:30-12:00 | REPORTS TASK FORCES AND WORKING GROUPS
- Development of the organization
- Fundraising Strategy
- Relations UEF-WFM
12:00-12:30 | REPORTS NATIONAL SECTIONS AND JEF EUROPE
12:30 | CLOSING REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AND CLOSING OF THE MEETING
Related political events in Brussels
Friday, 20 June 2025
- 18:00-20:00 | Political Debate on Multilateralism (political and economic prospectives) TBC, Organized by working group UEF-WFM
- 20:00 | Federalist Reception
REGISTRATION and CONTRIBUTIONS
REGISTRATION LINK HERE
The deadline for registration for the FC members is Friday, 6 June at noon.
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, participants under 25 years old 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 2025: *First Name* *Last Name*"
DEADLINES FOR POLITICAL RESOLUTIONS
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:
- 29 May, midnight (12 p.m.): deadline for submitting resolutions. You can use this form for the resolutions LINK
- 2 June: resolutions will be circulated and there will be a week to propose amendments
- 10 June, 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)