Europe 2020: a letter of good intentions. With no commitments.
Outgoing Commissioner Margot Wallström praises the work of former JEF-Europe President Jon Worth as blogger and our JEF webzine Le Taurillon!
Joint PR of JEF, LYMEC, FYEG, EFAy and YFJ on new visa rules
Young people of three Balkan countries (MK, MN and RS) can for the first time freely experience Europe!
If Maja from Belgrade wants to visit an art exhibition in Budapest, if Dejan from Skopje wants to book a low-cost flight for his New Year’s visit to Berlin or if Milica from Podgorica wants to attend a youth camp in Sweden, they can all finally do it from the 19th of December 2009 onwards freely, without a long, expensive and uncertain procedure of applying for a Schengen visa.
The Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) welcome the UN Copenhagen talks on Climate Change, which were solemnly opened last week. Nonetheless, talks are not enough and JEF-Europe demands a bold, binding and long-term environmental deal because climate change is not only a global threat to human, economic and social rights but also risks to put at stake the stability of democratic regimes through conflict over scarce resources and mass migration.
Tooday the Lisbon treaty enters into force. What does it bring and what do Young European federalists think about it? Click on the link below.
On the eve of the European summit in Brussels which will decide on the name of the first so-called “President” of the European Council with a term of two-and-a-half years, the Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) regret the lack of transparency and the undemocratic character of the so-called “election” process but insist on the appointment of a candidate with a pro-integrationist profile.
Read the full press release of JEF here
By building and tearing down mock walls and Checkpoints Charlie at main squares of more than 30 European cities, the Young European Federalists (JEF) yesterday celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin wall, and called for the unification of the European continent through the abolishment of visas for all Europeans, and the further enlargement of the European Union.
You can find the full press release, as well as links to photos at the JEF homepage