The European Letter - Our federal Europe: sovereign and democratic (from 1998 to today)

The European Letter is published in 7 languages - from the edition 77 - under the auspices of the Luciano Bolis European Foundation in cooperation with the Union of European Federalists since 2023.

The European Letter is a periodical publication started in 1997 with the aim of stimulating political debate in national parliaments and governments, and in the European Parliament.

Initiative in support of the Campaign for a European Federation promoted by the Movimento Federalista Europeo and Union of European Federalists.

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1997-1999 | After the Euro, a permanent campaign for a European Federation

1. January 1998 | After the euro, a permanent campaign for European federation
2. February 1998 | The introduction of the single currency will bring about a major political transformation
3. May 1998 | Six years after Maastricht, the European Union still has no foreign and security policy
4. July 1998 | Towards the creation of an autonomous eurozone budget
5. October 1998 | The blindness of the European political class in the face of the financial crisis
6. December 1998 | There can be no real fight against unemployment without a european fiscal power and government
7. February 1999 | The contradictions of a currency without a state
8. April 1999 | The anomaly condemning the Union to economic stagnation
9. May 1999 | Appeal to European leaders to end the Kosovo war
10. September 1999 | The real cause of abstentionism in the European elections
11. November 1999 | Constitution means the Constitution of a State

2000-2005 | The war in Yugoslavia and Iraq, eastward enlargement and the failure to ratify the Constitutional Treaty

12. January 2000 | Impossible choices to break the deadlock
13. March 2000 | Enhanced cooperation will not be enough to solve the problems of the enlarged Union
14. May 2000 | The Tampere European Council will not go down in history
15. September 2000 | With Fischer and Chirac the European federation returns to the centre of political debate
16. November 2000 | A federal constitution for Europe
17. January 2001 | After Nice, the Union’s season of partial reforms has ended
18. March 2001 | After the Nice Summit, time is working against Europe
19. May 2001 | The stalemate in the EU, the dangers of enlargement and the responsibilities of the six foundermembers States
20. September 2001 | Enlargement and the crisis of the European integration process
21. December 2001 | The EU increasingly powerless in the face of the deteriorating international situation since 11 September
22. February 2002 | With Berlusconi’s new European policy, Euroscepticism penetrates the heart of Europe
23. May 2002 | The Barcelona Summit confirms the regressive drift of the European Union
24. July 2002 | For the Convention to bring about real change, real federalists must be given a place
25. October 2002 | Asymmetric shocks, the Achilles heel of the Stability Pact
26. December 2002 | The impact of the economic crisis on the European institutions
27. February 2003 | The false alternatives in play in Brussels
28. April 2003 | The question of relations with the USA and the role of the foundermembers States
29. June 2003 | Europe’s interest remains a multipolar world balance
30. October 2003 | For a federal pact amoung Europe founder members States
31. January 2004 | The failure of the Intergovernmental Conference
32. April 2004 | The illusion of the Franco-British-German directorate
33. June 2004 | Europe must find its way back to federation
34. October 2004 | The new constitutional treaty defeats Community Europeanism
35. February 2005 | Who does not want Turkey to join the European Union?
36. June 2005 | Lessons from the non-ratification of the Constitutional Treaty
37. October 2005 | The European responsibilities of the new German government
38. December 2005 | Against the dilution of the European Union into a free trade area

2006-2008 | Europe (and the world) after the Treaty of Lisbon

39. March 2006 | Europe in the face of the Russian gas crisis and rising oil prices
40. June 2006 | Responsibility for reacting to pushes towards disintegration
41. September 2006 | It is not only wrong, but dangerous, to delude oneself that Europe can advance along the path of the Community method
42. December 2006 | Amending the Treaty of Nice is not enough to meet the challenges of the new world order
43. March 2007 | The issue of global warming and the role of Europe
44. July 2007 | For a federal pact between the founding countries
45. October 2007 | The future of Russia and the responsibilities of the Europeans
46. December 2007 | The European defence issue
47. March 2008 | A new power in Europe to cope with decadence and disintegration
48. June 2008 | The green revolution, the food crisis and Europe’s failed choices
49. November 2008 | The world balance lacks a European pole

2009-2012 | The EU at the test of a global economic/financial crisis

50. April 2009 | Europe’s institutional framework to the test of the economic and financial crisis
51. July 2009 | The timeliness of the Schäuble-Lamers proposal to break the deadlock that is paralysing the Union
52. December 2009 | German Constitutional Court ruling secures Lisbon Treaty
53. March 2010 | Reforming the Lisbon Treaty to unlock European integration
54. September 2010 | Overcoming the financial crisis requires going beyond the Community method
55. January 2011 | Who is sovereign in Europe?
56. July 2011 | The Arab Springs and the absence of Europe
57. December 2011 | The break with Great Britain opens a new phase in the European process
58. May 2012 | The debate on the institutional architecture Europe needs is gaining momentum
59. July 2012 | Exploiting the change of climate in Europe to translate the new ferment of proposals into political initiatives

2013-2014 | Projects for banking, fiscal, economic and political unions

60. January 2013 | Overcoming obstacles on the road to the ‘four unions’
61. June 2013 | A pre-constitutional pact between the eurozone countries to pave the way for democratic and federal government
62. February 2014 | Towards the creation of an autonomous eurozone budget
63. July 2014 | A constituent legislature

2015-2017 | Europe between economic/financial crisis, terrorism and sovereignism

64. January 2015 | Europe at a crossroads
65. August 2015 | The Greek crisis shows that ‘maintenance of the existing’ is no longer enough
66. January 2016 | Europe’s failures and the need for a change of pace
67. March 2016 | After Brussels
68. October 2016 | March 2017 will bring the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome: a watershed moment for the future of Europe
69. March 2017 | The March for Europe and the breakthrough Europe needs
70. July 2017 | The extraordinary opportunity to build a federal Europe

2018-today | EU reform back at centre of debate in Europe

71. October 2018 | A draft treaty to establish an ad hoc budget for the eurozone
72. March 2019 | Emmanuel Macron’s message to Europeans ahead of the European elections
73. March 2021 | Our federal Europe: sovereign and democratic
74. June 2021 | The urgency to modify the Treaties, overcoming the problem of unanimity. Political and legal issue.
75. February 2022 | The clash between the Court of Justice and Poland: the stakes
76. December 2023 | European Parliament activates the treaty revision procedure: the significance of the vote and Europe’s priorities
77. February 2024 | Only a sovereign Europe can protect its citizens and its member states in the new phase of instability and global competition
78. April 2024 | Building a true European defence requires a thorough reform of the Treaties
79. May 2024 | What is at stake in the European elections on 6-9 June
80. June 2024 | European Elections 2024: the fight between European Federalists and Nationalists has just begun
81. July 2024 | After the Election of the Parliament, the Reform of the EU Treaties enters into the Agenda of the New European Commission