The New Federalist

Towards a European army?

Nine years after the Saint-Malo summit and the first fruits of a true European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), EU Member States face the revival of the integration process in the domain of defence. Such revival can only be carried out within the framework of an ambition which is able to (...)

Saturday 21 July 2007

Europe Needs a Constitution...

Concerned about the latest consequences of the European debate, Pauline Gessant and David Soldini, representing Jeunes européen France and l’Union européenne des fédéralistes, respectively, remind us of the importance of the constitutional objective. The UEF-France and JEF-France are promoting the (...)

Wednesday 18 July 2007

The long march toward a Europe of Defence

Europe of defence or rather the defence of Europe? That is the core question of why building a collective defence? Is there still a threat to Europe or its interests? Much has been done at least on paper, but there exists no proper European army. Behind a Europe of defence hides the question (...)

Saturday 14 July 2007

Lights and Shades cast over Europe

In order to get out of the constitutional deadlock, the Heads of State and Government have in the last European Council (June 21-22) agreed on a mandate for a new Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), which is to be concluded by the end of 2007. We have interviewed Giuliano Amato, one of the key (...)

Thursday 12 July 2007

Intergovernmentalism: triple insufficiency

The last EU summit of 21-22 June put the perversity of the intergovernmental system forward once more. One speaks to us about a great success, of a great day for Europe, of one of the most important EU summits in recent years. But the question that should be raised is the following: was it a (...)

Sunday 8 July 2007

Internal market vs. Scandinavian welfare

The Latvian bricklayer gets off in Vaxholm, a small town in Sweden, and it is the beginning of the clash with trade unions: the building company Laval refuses to guarantee the minimum wage of the Scandinavian country. Yet, the Advocate-General suggests to the European Court of Justice to solve (...)

Thursday 5 July 2007

Diplomatic success – streaked results

The Constitution is dead, long live the Constitution! Is this how we could sum up the results of the German EU Presidency? The reality offers far less enthusiasm and is much more complex. Angela Merkel as European Council President managed something that was almost deemed impossible, namely to (...)

Sunday 1 July 2007

UEF and JEF statement on the June 2007 European Council meeting in Brussels

The Union of European Federalists (UEF) and the Young European Federalists (JEF) regret that the European Council meeting in Brussels in June 2007 failed to agree a European constitution. The need for a European constitution remains undiminished – in fact it is growing all the time – and the UEF (...)

Saturday 30 June 2007

Goodbye, Tony

In the run up to the 1997 UK parliamentary election there were high hopes for Britain’s youngest Prime Minister since 1812. He would transform Britain: a country that had fallen behind compared to its continental neighbours would have vastly improved public services, an end to the social (...)

Thursday 28 June 2007

European Political Foundations paving the way for a true European dialogue

JEF welcomes the Commission’s endorsement of the revision of the financing statute for political parties and the introduction of European political foundations. After the introduction of the financing of European political parties, the introduction of European political foundations remained to (...)

Wednesday 27 June 2007

A Constitution for Europe remains more than ever just a dream...

The results of the “spring” Eurobarometer indicate that two thirds of Europeans (66%) subscribe to the idea of the European Constitution. However, this didn’t prevent he EU heads of State and Government, at the last European Summit (21-23 June), to drive the EU in a very different direction, if we (...)

Monday 25 June 2007

EU Summit: Proclaimed Success is Democratic Failure

After months of secret Sherpa negotiations outside of parliamentary control, European leaders came together to this weekend’s EU summit to fix the institutional impasse for the better - or worse. The further weakening of the frail Constitutional Treaty is the ultimate evidence of the Union’s (...)

Sunday 24 June 2007
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