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Federal Union: it is time to decide!

The world order is changing. The rise of new global players such as China, India and Brazil risks the marginalisation of Europe. Europe's neighbouring Arab countries struggle to become democratic. Global warming requires a radical systemic response. The banking crisis exposes the fundamental weakness of current financial rules. Faced ...

manajan by manajan on federalists

What about European Cultural Identity?

One of the most important challenges for European integration is the strengthening of the sense of a European belonging It seems a well established fact that the loyalty to the nation-state is stronger than European belonging, as evidenced by all recent Eurobarometer surveys. Indeed only a small percentage of European ...

manajan by manajan on federalists

The United States of Europe debate

Erasmus exchanges are fun, we all know that much. They’re also pretty much as diverse as the range of participants. For example, take someone who does a bit of SWOT analysis before departure, tries to take full advantage of all of the opportunities at hand and is willing to ...

natalija. by natalija. on ljubljana

European Economic Government and Fiscal Sovereignty. The European Exit Strategy from Financial Crisis

By Guido Montani, Vice-President of the Union of European Federalists The crisis in the Monetary Union is at a crucial turning point. On the 9th May the EU governments created a stabilization facility of 750bn euro in an attempt to avoid financial breakdown in heavily indebted member states but because ...

Laurencija by Laurencija on federalists

TAKING THE NEXT STEPS IN THE FEDERATION OF EUROPE

JOINT DECLARATION OF THE UNION OF EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS & THE YOUNG EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS Sixty years ago the Declaration of Robert Schuman changed the course of European history. It had the virtue of brevity and clarity. It was bold, and at once visionary and down to earth. "Europe will not be made ...

Laurencija by Laurencija on federalists