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• Thinking Federalist

  For a federalism of necessity

  

  17 May 2012 – In the coming months and years, the countries of the euro zone will succumb to a major political and social crisis if they do not push integration one step forward. Indeed, the current crisis in the euro zone does not originate in the Greek (...) by Aurélien Caron, Jean-Marie Cavada

• Thinking Federalist

  Hungary: A test case for the European Union

  

  30 March 2012 – Ever since the enforcement of the new Hungarian Constitution which strikes at individual freedoms and strengthens the powers of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the European institutions have failed to take action. Yet, it is of the utmost (...) by Vladimir Pecheu

• Thinking Federalist

  What hope is there for European democracy?

  

  21 March 2012 – The European Parliament (EP) has again decided to delay the vote on the creation of transnational lists - a single EU-wide constituency of 25 MEPs to be elected alongside national MEPs. The vote on the Duff Report was scheduled to take place (...) by Joan Marc Simon

• Thinking Federalist

  After the European Council, JEF-Europe calls for a shift from the intergovernmental perspective to a federalist EU integration

  

  20 December 2011 – Following the European Council of the 8 and 9 of December 2011, the Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) welcome the willingness of Eurozone and additional countries to deepen their cooperation in order to address the current difficulties (...) by JEF-Europe | 2 comments

• Thinking Federalist

  Open Letter to the Heads of State and the President of the European Council

  

  8 December 2011 – Dear Heads of State, dear President of the European Council, In view of the European summit, we are calling you to introduce federalist reforms to improve the functioning of the European Union. The EU finds itself at another crossroads, (...) by JEF-Europe, Pauline Gessant

• Thinking Federalist

  Appeal by the European Federalists: FEDERAL UNION NOW!

  

  16 November 2011 – The foundations of the unity and solidarity among the European people are in jeopardy. Europe’s future hangs in the balance. Politics must find the right instruments to act at once. All the attempts to tackle the crisis using the normal (...)

• Thinking Federalist

  A Federalist solution to the Danube

  

  6 November 2011 – That’s what we love to sing about in JEF. It’s a little cheesy, a little fun, but it also means something and sometimes we don’t always realise how true it is. Recently I had the privilege of being a guest of the think tank ELF (European Liberal (...) by Allan Siao Ming Witherick

• Thinking Federalist

  Towards the Federation of Europe

  8 October 2011 – At the initiative of the Permanent Forum of European Civil Society, created in 1995 around a draft Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, citizens from several Member States met on 1 October 2011. The theme of the meeting - held in Houjarray (...) by Permanent Forum of European civil society

• Thinking Federalist

  This Season’s top trend – Federalism making a comeback

  

  26 September 2011 – European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso emphasised in the European Parliament last week that Europe needs «a new, unifying impulse, a new federalist moment». He argued that the solution to the crisis would have to involve the “Community (...) by JEF-Europe

• Thinking Federalist

  The European Citizens’Initiative : from a long claim to a wonderful opportunity!

  

  14 September 2011 – A long claim… The participation of citizens in European decision-making is a long-standing demand of the Federalists and of JEF-Europe. Already during the Convention, federal organizations conducted intense lobbying that led to the introduction (...) by Pauline Gessant | 1 comment

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