{"id":1400,"date":"2025-06-19T20:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2025-06-19T20:02:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:02:01","slug":"press-release-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/press-release-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Europe Day 2025 \u2013 UEF Greece in Action for a Federal Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the occasion of Europe Day 2025 and the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, the Greek Union of European Federalists (UEF Greece) actively participated in and organized a series of events aimed at fostering European dialogue and promoting the vision of a united, democratic, and federal Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regional Dialogue Event in Florina<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In collaboration with the Group of Active Youths of Florina \u2013 Europe Direct Western Macedonia, UEF Greece held the event <em>\u201cDialogue in the Regions of Europe\u201d<\/em> on May 2 at the Youth Centre of OENEF in Florina. The discussion focused on the political developments within the European Union and the role of citizens in shaping its future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Daphne Gogou<\/strong>, President of UEF Greece<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stefanos Panakoulias<\/strong>, Board Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Giorgos Korkovelos<\/strong>, Board Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dimitris Papagelopoulos<\/strong>, Board Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nikos Giannis<\/strong> and <strong>Nasos Sofos<\/strong>, UEF Greece Members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Konstantinos Filippidis<\/strong>, Board Member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The event also featured contributions from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mr. Athanasios Taskas<\/strong>, Deputy Regional Governor of Florina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mr. Vasileios Giannakis<\/strong>, Mayor of Florina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mr. Iordanis Banttis<\/strong>, President of the Amyntaio Municipal Council and member of the EU Local Councillors network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion was moderated by <strong>Dr. Konstantinos Stergiou<\/strong>, Head of Europe Direct Western Macedonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UEF Greece Joins Europe Day Marches with Volt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UEF Greece members and activists took an active role in the Europe Day events organized by Volt Greece in <strong>Athens<\/strong> and <strong>Thessaloniki<\/strong> on May 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In <strong>Thessaloniki<\/strong>, under the slogan <em>\u201cLet\u2019s Walk Together\u201d<\/em>, the symbolic march began at the Zongolopoulos Umbrellas on the seafront and concluded in the city center.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In <strong>Athens<\/strong>, the march started from Monastiraki Square and ended at Zappeion Hall, a symbol of Greece\u2019s accession to the European Union.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public Advocacy and Call for a New \"Schuman Plan\"<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with these actions, UEF Greece board member <strong>Dimitris Papagelopoulos<\/strong> emphasized the need for a new <em>\u201cSchuman Plan\u201d<\/em> in his opinion article published in <em>Parapolitika<\/em>. He called for a common European defense and deeper political integration, highlighting the current geopolitical challenges and the growing public demand for a strong, democratic, and strategically autonomous Europe.<br><em>Read the full article here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These initiatives underscore the vital importance of a united Europe as a guarantor of peace, democracy, and human rights in an increasingly volatile global environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UEF Greece remains committed to defending the vision of more\u2014and better\u2014Europe, strengthening the voice of citizens on the path toward a truly democratic European federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/06\/\u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf-\u03c6\u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2-\u0394\u03a4.jpg\" alt=\"- UEF\" class=\"wp-image-1402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/06\/\u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf-\u03c6\u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2-\u0394\u03a4.jpg 845w, https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/06\/\u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf-\u03c6\u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2-\u0394\u03a4-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/06\/\u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf-\u03c6\u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2-\u0394\u03a4-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe Day 2025 \u2013 UEF Greece in Action for a Federal Europe On the occasion of Europe Day 2025 and the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, the Greek Union of European Federalists (UEF Greece) actively participated in and organized a series of events aimed at fostering European dialogue and promoting the vision of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"network-partner":[],"subject":[],"news_type":[],"event-year":[],"class_list":["post-1400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1404,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions\/1404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"network-partner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/network-partner?post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"event-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federalists.eu\/greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-year?post=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}