Studies have shown that asking people specifically if they plan to vote and if they already know when and where they are planning to go to vote increases turnout.
So we are going out the last weekend before the elections. We are going to use our pledge for citizens to launch debate with passer-by or we are going to create posters with outrageous quotes by MEPs and use them to confront people in the streets as proposed by JEF.
You will find a series of “outrageous” quotes from local Eurosceptic MEPs and we will see if they meet your consensus or not.
At the European Congress in Vienna, the Union of European Federalists has launched its campaign for the European Parliament elections in May 2019 with the motto “I choose Europe”. In order to facilitate the engagement of our national and local sections in the campaign for the 2019 European Elections, UEF organised a training for campaigners in collaboration with the Young European Federalists (JEF).
The training took place in Brussels from 19 to 20 January 2019. The participants had the opportunity to improve their campaigning and advocacy skills and to share knowledge with other campaigners from all over Europe, as well as to develop new ideas for the promotion of a Strong, Democratic, Social and Federal Europe in the light of the European Elections.
You can see the photos from the I Choose Europe training in Brussels here.
With the 2019 European Elections drawing near, the European Federalists met the candidates to President of the European Commission of the main political parties in public debates in order to discuss the main challenges facing Europe and the view of the candidates on the proposals of the European Federalists for the future of Europe.
The debate took on 24 January 2019 place between Sandro Gozi, the President of the UEF and Jan Zahradil, the Lead candidate for the President European Commission Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE) and was moderated by Chris Burns, journalist and multilingual moderator.
You can see photos from the debate between Sandro Gozi and Jan Zahradil here.
On 25 January 2019 UEF President Sandro Gozi met with the French Minister in charge of European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau to discuss about the future of the European project in the light of the emergence of an increasingly sovereignist and nationalist tendency in Europe.
On this occasion, Gozi emphasized the need for a stronger Europe when facing internal and global challenges: “We are for a Europe that must be sovereign and democratic. To regain control over problems that transcend borders, we need a sovereign Europe, which must be legitimate”.
On 27 and 28 February UEF President Sandro Gozi participated in a series of events in as part of our plan to revitalize UEF in Greece. The events started with a meeting with the business community, followed by a conference in the Greek Parliament with representatives of all political families and bilateral meetings with the President of the Greek Parliament Nikos Voutsis, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos and the Minister for Digital Policy Telecommunications and Media Nikos Pappas as well as a meeting with local activists. On the occasion, the UEF President was interviewed by the Greek newspaper To Vima presenting our views on Europe.
You can read the interview here.