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Author SIETSE WIJNSMA, policy advisor on constitutional affairs at the ALDE group of the European Parliament. INTRODUCTION The European Parliament is currently discussing in its committee on constitutional affairs the report on the Composition of the Parliament, concerning the distribution of parliamentary seats. As part of this EP report, it is proposed to introduce transnational […]

BY FRANCESCO GUERZONI, the Policy & Advocacy Officer of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) in the Year 2017. INTRODUCTION Until now, European defence has been fragmented, largely inefficient and structurally dependent on foreign superpowers such as the US. In light of the worsening of Europe’s security environment, Brexit and the US shifting its interests […]

Author DOMENICO MORO, is a member of the national board of the Movimento Federalista Europeo (MFE) and of the Federal Committee of the Union of European Federalists (UEF). He is a former director of the Altiero Spinelli Institute for Federalist Studies. INTRODUCTION The security environment of the European Union has changed radically in the past […]

The renowned Spanish documentary filmmaker Albert Solé (‘Bucharest, the lost memory’) reflects on federalism as the ideal political model in a multicultural and diverse world. History, present and future of a proposal that seeks to reconcile the benefits of autonomy and integration in societies marked by the presence of multiple identities. The state of the […]

The Union of European Federalists was founded in Paris in December 1946. While Europe was still in the middle of a brutal war, groups emerged in various countries particularly in Italy, France, Germany and Belgium – calling for European political unity. They were united in the rejection of nationalism and in the belief that the […]

By DAVID GARCIA and PAOLO VACCA SUMMARY As the European Union faces one of the most challenging periods of its history, its institutions and their capacity to adapt to the new situation are sorely tested. This Policy Brief has been conceived as a second contribution to the debate which is taking place in the European […]

BY DOMENICO MORO is a member of the national board of the Movimento Federalista Europeo (MFE) and of the Federal Committee of the Union of European Federalists (UEF). He is a former director of the Altiero Spinelli Institute for Federalist Studies. INTRODUCTION The economic crisis has highlighted the fundamental flaws of the European Economic and […]

DESPERATE PEOPLE, DESPERATE EUROPE Geopolitical turmoil, wars, conflicts, poverty, natural disasters and climate change pushed more than a million people to come to Europe in 2015 alone.1 The total number of new arrivals in this period represented a less than 0.2% addition to the total EU population but the situation has caught the European Union […]

Contribution to the European Parliament‘s Own Initiative Report in preparation by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee and the Budget Committees By DAVID GARCIA and PAOLO VACCA SUMMARY The economic, financial and sovereign-debt crises that have hit Europe over the last 8 years have exposed the weaknesses of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The […]

BY GIULIA ROSSOLILLO is vice-President of the UEF and professor of European Union Law at the University of Pavia. Since 2008 she is the editor of “Il Federalista / The Federalist” magazine, a review based on the principles of federalism. INTRODUCTION The emergence of forms of flexibility in European Union law is a phenomenon that, […]

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TRANSNATIONAL LISTS FOR THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS

A EUROPEAN INTEGRATED FORCE FOR AN AMBITIOUS PERMANENT STRUCTURED COOPERATION

BUILDING A COMMON DEFENCE IN A FEDERAL UNION: WHAT CAN EUROPE LEARN FROM THE U.S. EXPERIENCE?

Federal | A documentary movie

70 Years of Campaigns for a United and Federal Europe

Improving the efficiency, democracy and legitimacy of the EU institutions within the current Treaties: possibilities and limits | 20 proposals

For a federal European Unemployment Insurance Scheme

Building European Asylum and Immigration Policies and a European Border Service

A budgetary capacity for the Eurozone: a federalist view

Enhanced Cooperation and Economic and Monetary Union: a Comparison of Models of Flexibility