Budapest | in presence

During the UEF FC meeting held in Budapest, in 16 Novemeber were approved the following decisions:

• The Draft budget 2025: Approved
• The Membership of Association Inițiativa pentru Europa Unită - IEU as UEF Romania: Approved

The following resolutions, statements and declaration were approved, updating the political position of the UEF:

• Resolution on Building consensus for Treaty change
• Resolution | A European foreign and security policy in a Changing World
• Resolution | A fiscal capacity to achieve our ecological and competitiveness objectives
• Resolution | A reminder: the “Declaration of European resistance movements” 1944
• Resolution | Opposing continued introduction of internal border controls in the Schengen Area
• Statement | Recalling the Need of an Effective and Human EU Migration and Asylum Policy in Line with EU Fundamental Rights and other International Obligations
• Statement | Is the European Union at Risk of Losing the Enlargement Battle as well?
• Declaration | UEF – WFM Cooperation

Recording of the Political introduction by the UEF President, Domenec Ruiz Devesa

Video Message from MEP Lukas Mandl, MEP EPP, President of the Spinelli Group

Video Message from MEP Daniel Freund, MEP Greens/EFA, Board member of the Spinelli Group

Folder (printed)

Minutes of the FC July 2024

Financial Report 2023 & 2024 and Draft Budget 2025

Folder UEF Romania 

Below, you can find the list of draft resolutions submitted to the Federal Committee meeting with amendments

• Proposal of resolution 1 with amend: Building consensus for Treaty change
• Proposal of resolution 2 with amend: A European foreign and security policy in a Changing World
• Proposal of resolution 3 with amend: Opposing  continued introduction of internal border controls in the Schengen Area -need to preserve the exceptional character of this measure which affects free movement of persons

No amendaments are presented for the following proposal of resolutions:

• Proposal of resolution 4: A fiscal capacity to achieve our ecological and competitiveness objectives
• Proposal of resolution 5: A reminder: the“Declaration of European resistance movements” 1944

Are submitted to the Federal Committee the following Declaration and Statements

• Declaration - Reinforcing cooperation UEF-WFM
• Statement - Is the European Union at risk of losing the enlargement battle as well?
• Statement on migration - Recalling  the need to speed the implementation of the migration pact 

REGISTRATION LINK HERE

The deadline for registration for the FC members is Friday, 1 November at noon.

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. 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:

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TO: UNION OF EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS UEF
IBAN code: BE69210037609578
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Communication: "FC Budapest 2024: *First Name* *Last Name*"

• 15 November 2024 | 9:00-13:00, Visit to the historical city center of Budapest / Budapest Parliament

• 15 November 2024 | 14:00 -14:30, Flash mob in front of the Budapest Parliament

• 15 Novemeber | 14.30-19.00, 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE EUROPEAN EASTERN ENLARGEMENT: the Hungarian EU membership and current challenges

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:

• 26 October, midnight (12 p.m.): deadline for submitting resolutions. You can use this form for the resolutions LINK
• 29 October: resolutions will be circulated and there will be a week to propose amendments
• 6 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)