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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, […]

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 origin of the economic and financial crisis afflicting the European Union (EU) […]

BY ELISA LIRONI Policy and Advocacy Officer at the Union of European Federalists (UEF) in the Year 2015. INTRODUCTION When the Ukrainian crisis started in 2013, with the EuroMaidan protestors flooding the whole country from east to west, the EU was baffled and uncertain on how to react. After more than one year from its […]

22 February 2015, by Josep Borrell (former President of the European Parliament). First of all, thank you very much for the invitation to participate in this International Seminar in Ventotene, the prison-island where Spinelli, Rossi and Colorni wrote their famous Manifesto. [1] I have been active in Spanish and European politics for over 30 years. Back in 1998-1999, […]

By DAVID MARTINEZ GARCIA (UEF Policy and Advocacy Officer in 2015) and PAOLO VACCA (UEF Secretary General in 2015) SUMMARY This policy brief analyses the possibilities that the Treaty of Lisbon offers in order to deepen and strengthen the Economic and Monetary Union and improve its democratic legitimacy and effectiveness. The democratic legitimacy of the […]

Can Federalism contribute to the discussions about separatist movements in Europe? Difficult questions between the people's free choice and the need for unity in times of crisis. A TV debate with UEF Secretary-General Christian Wenning. © Euronews

11 January 2012 - Movement for federal Europe to be established in Lithuania On 11 January 2012, an organization aiming to unite people of different professions and different political parties who share a common goal of seeing Lithuania in a strong and united Europe was announced in Lithuania’s parliament, the Seimas. 23 January 2012 - […]

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A budgetary capacity for the Eurozone: a federalist view

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

A Budget for the Euro Area: Objectives, Procedures and Institutions

The Ukrainian Crisis: Lessons for EU's Foreign and Defence Policy

Is a Federal Europe Possible?

Strengthening and deepening the Economic and Monetary Union within the current Treaties: possibilities and limits | 25 proposals

Euronews the network : Could Europe become a federation of regions?

UEF News 2012

UEF Newsletters 2011

The Union of European Federalist | 65th anniversary