1946-1974 | The UEF from the foundation to the decision on direct election of the European parliament
By Sergio Pistone PREFACE The Union of European Federalists was founded in 1946 and is a supranational organisation of men and women who are committed to the struggle for a European federation, intended as the fundamental first step along the road towards world federation. This commitment has so far continued for over sixty years and […]
MESSAGE by Mercedes BRESSO, UEF President In Paris on December 15th 1946, the Union of European Federalists was born. This was just a few days after the foundation of the German “Europa Union”, which was to become one of the main national sections of the UEF. Sixty years later our struggle continues, because the fundamental […]
These contributions were requested by the European Parliament's Committee onConstitutional Affairs. John Pinder's paper was also published elsewhere (Altiero Spinelli’sEuropean Federal Odyssey, The International Spectator, Vol. 42, No. 4, December 2007, 571–588) The papers presented here were submitted for a symposium organised by theCommittee on Constitutional Affairs in September 2007. They were reprinted at theoccasion […]
FROM 30 TO 35 Newsletter UEF 20 March 2006 - Nr. 30 Newsletter UEF April 2006 - Nr. 31 Newsletter UEF May 2006 - Nr. 32 Newsletter UEF July 2006 - Nr. 33 Newsletter UEF October 2006 - Nr. 34 Newsletter UEF December 2006 - Nr. 35
16 February 2004 On the occasion of the 20th anniversary -14 February-, of the adoption by the European Parliament of the draft Constitutional Treaty presented by Altiero Spinelli, the Union of European Federalists reaffirms the urgency to proceed resolutely on the constituent track initiated twenty years ago. According to UEF Secretary-General Bruno BOISSIERE : " […]
By Nicoletta Mosconi First pubblication: The Federalist – political revue, 2004, LINK HERE Read here in Italian LINK One effect of the passing of the decades, and of the turnover of generations it brings, is the disappearance of personal historical memory. We all have access to history books, and to the endless historical reflections and […]
12 February 2003 The Praesidium’s Draft of Articles 1 to 16 of the Constitutional Treaty : An insufficient proposal which does not faithfully reflect the consensus within the European Convention The Bureau of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) welcomes the presentation by the Convention Praesidium of the draft of first articles of the Constitutional Treaty. […]
21 January 2002 EP delegation must be a driving force in the Constitutional Convention Bruno BOISSIERE, European Secretary-General of the U.E.F., explained that the 16 Members of the European Parliament, who were appointed during the Strasbourg plenary session, should play a key role as the driving force within the Convention on the future of Europe. On the […]
