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ANGLAIS | ITALIENNE | ALLEMANDE | ESPAGNOLE | ROUMAINE | GRECQUE La longue saison des illusions est terminée. L’illusion que l’Europe pouvait compter indéfiniment sur la protection américaine dans le cadre de l’OTAN. L’illusion que le monde globalisé pouvait garantir la paix et la stabilité grâce à la libéralisation du commerce et à l’interdépendance économique. L’illusion que le modèle démocratique était destiné à s’imposer partout, […]

ITALIAN | FRENCH | GERMAN | GREEK | ROMANIAN | SPANISH The long season of illusions is over. The illusion that Europe could indefinitely rely on American protection within the framework of NATO. The illusion that globalization would guarantee peace and stability through trade liberalization and economic interdependence. The illusion that the democratic model was destined to prevail […]

Brussels, 25 February 2025 The European Union is today confronted with a highly unstable world scenario that threatens its very existence. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the conflict in Gaza that has now spread to Lebanon, the emergence of an axis between major powers governed by undemocratic and illiberal regimes, and the alignment of […]

Text in French archived in the European Archives of the EU The Birth of the EDC: The Pleven Plan and the Functionalist Approach The issue of European defense became crucial between 1949 and 1950. The end of the U.S. monopoly on nuclear weapons and the outbreak of the Korean War raised fears of a potential […]

The war in Ukraine The war in Ukraine seems to be in a new phase. The recruitment of foreign troops, among the Russian regular and private military companies engaged in the conflict, from North Korea and other nationalities, and the renewed bombing campaign in the southeast of the country are intensifying the conflict. Meanwhile, the […]

His Life and Work. For a man such as Jean Monnet (1888- 1979), who understood from his earliest political experiences that, “reflection cannot be separated from action”, the salient facts of his life also represent an important guide to his philosophy and his way of conducting politics. After spending his youth helping his father in […]

His Life and Work. Altiero Spinelli (1907-1986) promoted the foundation of the Movimento Federalista Europeo (European Federalist Movement) on 27-28th August 1943 in Milan. He had joined the Italian Communist Party at a very early age, and participated in the clandestine struggle against fascism. Arrested in 1927, he spent ten years in prison and six […]

Leaflet published by the ‘Mario Albertini’ Centre for Studies on Federalism in support of the Campaign for a European Federation. ITALIAN | FRENCH History The birth of the federal state coincides with the foundation, in 1787,of the American Federation. The text of the Constitution of the United States of America, approved by the Philadelphia Convention, 17th […]

1. Preface. Never in the history of the integration process have Europeans stood on the brink of the abyss as they do today. In a global context in which geopolitical powers of continental dimensions compete fiercely with each other for resources, markets and spheres of political influence, and which is characterized by instability and wars, […]

Qui sotto i primi 7 numeri dell'Unità Europea, voce del Movimento Federalista Europeo, pubblicati (tra il 1943 e il 1945) subito dopo la sua fondazione a Milano nel 1943. Below are the first 7 numbers of Unità Europea, the magazine of the European Federalist Movement published soon after its foundation in Italy. L'Unità Europea, Maggio […]

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EL 84 | Making Europe truly great

UEF Petition on the Reform of the Treaty of Lisbon

UEF Memorandum on the provisional report presented in July 1951 by the conference for the organisation of the European Defence Community

Foreign and Security, Defense and Cybersecurity | The PC3 Newsletter #1/2025

Jean Monnet

Altiero Spinelli

The Federal State

What the EU Needs to Halt Its Decline and Regain Control of Its Destiny | The Draghi Report on European Competitiveness

L'Unità Europea (Anni 1943-1945)