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The Maastricht Debate: Insight into candidates for European Commission Presidency

A debate at the University of Maastricht between five lead candidates for European Commission presidency was the most notable episode of the European-wide election campaign so far. Lorène Weber and Paola Lo Bue Oddo summarise what was said in the discussion. The clock is ticking towards the (…)

Tuesday 30 April 2019

Le Printemps européen lançait sa campagne à Bruxelles le 25 mars

Le 25 mars 2019, le parti transnational et paneuropéen du « Printemps européen », mené par l’ancien ministre des finances grec Yanis Varoufakis, lançait sa campagne électorale surnommée « Une prise en charge citoyenne des institutions européennes » au théâtre BOZAR de Bruxelles. L’évènement a été l’occasion pour Varoufakis et pour les candidats du Printemps européen, à deux mois des élections européennes, d’exprimer leurs idées et de faire part de leur programme ainsi que de leur vision pour l’Europe.

Thursday 18 April 2019

European Perspective: Fire at Notre-Dame de Paris

The world-famous Notre-Dame Cathedral was in flames in Paris yesterday, and centuries of cultural heritage are devastated. The chief editors of The New Federalist, Treffpunkt Europa and Le Taurillon, all of whom live or have lived in Paris, share their thoughts on the fire. The New Federalist’s (…)

Tuesday 16 April 2019

Ob es uns gefällt oder nicht: Spitzenkandidatinnen sind Akteurinnen der europäischen Demokratie

Es sind noch knapp zwei Monate bis zu den Europawahlen und viele Parteien haben bereits ihre Spitzenkandidat*innen für die Präsidentschaft der Europäischen Kommission nominiert. Da es immer wieder Kritik am Konzept der Spitzenkandidat*innen gibt, wollen wir heute einen Blick auf den (…)

Monday 1 April 2019

Two months ahead of the European elections, the European Spring launches its campaign in Brussels

On 25 March 2019, the transnational and pan-European political party “European Spring”, led by former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, held a campaign launch event, called “A citizen take-over of the EU institutions” in the BOZAR theatre in Brussels. The event was an occasion for Varoufakis and the European Spring’s candidates to express their ideas, programme and vision for Europe, two months before the European elections.

Friday 29 March 2019

JEF-France outs 40 square-metre EU flag at Eiffel Tower in election campaign launch

On Sunday 17 March, dozens of volunteers of the French JEF section, Les Jeunes Européens, gathered at Place du Trocadéro, known for its scenic view of the Eiffel Tower, to launch the #MonVoteMonEurope (My vote, my Europe) European election campaign. In windy yet sunny weather, volunteers waved an EU flag of 40 square metres, chanting slogans and giving speeches.

Tuesday 19 March 2019

Federalist Sandro Gozi and conservative Jan Zahradil agree to disagree in UEF election debate

Ahead of the European elections, the Union of European Federalists (UEF) has invited all parties’ lead candidates to debate with its President Sandro Gozi. The first ‘Spitzenkandidat’ to accept the invitation was the Conservatives and Reformists’ Jan Zahradil. At the event in Brussels on Thursday night, the federalist and the self-described anti-federalist disagreed respectfully on certain questions of principle but also found common ground, especially on the Single Market and a ‘multi-speed Europe’.

Friday 25 January 2019

20th anniversary of the euro: assessing Europe’s single currency

On 01 January 2019, the euro celebrated its 20th birthday. Now, 19 EU Member States are using the single currency and dozens of millions of EU citizens can travel and do business on the continent without having to worry about exchanging money. Our two authors, who were young children when their (…)

Friday 18 January 2019

The British government reached a new stage in indecency: the “EU Settlement Scheme”

On 27 December, the UK Home Office released a video advertising the so-called EU Settlement Scheme. In short, if EU citizens currently living in the United Kingdom want to continue living in the country after Brexit (more precisely, after 31 December 2020), they must pay £65 to undergo an (…)

Friday 4 January 2019

Ne vous en déplaise, les Spitzenkandidaten sont des acteurs de la démocratie européenne

A huit mois des élections européennes de mai 2019, les récentes déclarations en France ne sont pas bien encourageantes. Alors que Radio France a annoncé la suppression de deux émissions sur l’Europe, ou encore que Jean-Luc Mélenchon semble avoir décidé de faire des élections européennes une simple occasion politicienne de régler ses comptes avec Emmanuel Macron, voilà que Christophe Castaner, délégué général de La République en Marche (LaREM) attaque les Spitzenkandidaten, candidats tête de liste à la Présidence de la Commission européenne, et désignés par les partis politiques européens en amont des élections européennes.

Friday 7 September 2018

Like it or not, the Spitzenkandidaten are actors of European democracy

The next European elections will take place in May 2019, but the recent declarations in France are not really encouraging. While Radio France announced the removal of two Europe-themed broadcasts, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon acts as if he had decided to use the European elections as a simple (…)