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Thursday 1 January 2009, by Jean-Pierre Gouzy

If there is no Federation without Federal State, there is not a federation without a federal society either. Even if, according to the Community treaties, Nation-States have in the long run accepted the existence of a European citizenship, the nationality of our countries of origin is not (...) Continue
Sunday 21 December 2008, by Sarantis Michalopoulos

During the last days Athens has faced an unprecedented threat in its interior. A series of riots have broken out all over Greece having as an epicenter the Greek capital. The superficial reason for the elation of violence was the unjustifiable shooting of a 15 year old boy by a policeman in (...) Continue
Tuesday 16 December 2008, by Tomáš Ruta, Toni Giugliano

Young European Movement President Tomas Ruta and JEF-Europe Vice-President Toni Giugliano have welcomed the increasing debate in Britain for opting in the Single Currency, following an abysmal week for the pound against the Euro. Last week the Pound fell to 1.11 Euros and some British (...) Continue
Thoughts on Ulrich Beck

Sunday 2 November 2008, by Florent Banfi

Immigration policies implemented in France and Italy remind us to which extend foreigners can be used to fuel conflict and hatred. This attitude, far from having disappeared, tends to awaken in a population its nationalist and protectionist sentiments. While trade between countries grows, the (...) Continue
Thursday 30 October 2008, by Paul Janiaud, Translated by Kate Robinson français

The important contribution of three European researchers - two French and one German – has just been acknowledged by the Nobel Prize for Medicine. It represents a clear acknowledgment of the significant scientific work which, as Alfred Nobel would have hoped, years after its initial discovery, (...) Continue
Saturday 11 October 2008, by Peter Claeys français

The financial crisis that started about one year ago has taken some time to spread, both across the financial industry and across the globe. The isolated problems in some US and UK banks have over the last weeks spread out. It first accelerated as the banking industry in the US melt down (...) Continue

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December 2008 – Happy Birthday Eurobarometer !
During 2 days, high profile speakers had the opportunity to exchange with various representatives of the civil society, of students… about the evolution and the usage of the Eurobarometer surveys. Speakers like Margot Wallström, Jean Pierre Jouyet, Claes de Vreese, Enrique Baron Crespo, Jacques Santer, had intensive exchanges on the Friday and on the Saturday the “youth” had the chance to “take the floor”. I had the opportunity to represent JEF in these exchanges with some students from sciences-po and also other speakers. It was a very nice exchange of views and the opportunity to speak about what youth expects from the EU. I introduced the JEF manifesto which got a positive welcome and we also talked a lot about the programme Europe at school and the necessity to better inform and teach young people about European issues. You can find more information about the programme of the conference and soon its results on the => webpage <=.
March 2008 – European youth against the Belarus dictatorship!
On the night of 18th-19th of March 2008 JEF (Young European Federalists) will organise a co-ordinated pan-European action in different cities across the continent to show support to the suppressed civil society and opposition movement in Belarus. JOIN US!
Belarus Action 2008
January 2008 – EURO of 15
Today Cyprus and Malta have given up their respective national currencies to adopt the Euro thus enlarging the Eurozone to 15 members.
Read more about it here.
December 2007 – ALL THE BEST IN 2008!
Dear readers! I would like to thank you all for keeping up with our online magazine, browsing through our articles and getting involved in the forum debates. For the coming year I wish you many happy and memorable moments and hope to see you back on our site soon. Yours, Peter Matjašič, Editor-in-Chief of thenewfederalist.eu
December 2007 – Schengen Enlargment - Europe United!
The EU’s borderless zone expanded to nine new member countries - Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, which all joined the EU back in May 2004 - at midnight on Friday (21 December) in its biggest enlargement so far. Land and sea border checks between them and the other Schengen countries are now abolished, while air borders are set to follow on 30 March 2008.
Read more about it here.
December 2007 – I want my EU flag back!
JEF-Europe organises a pan-European action today in more than 50 cities across Europe demaning our flag back to remind the European leaders, who are due to sign the Lisbon/Reform Treaty today in Brussels, of the missing EU symbols in the new treaty.
Read more about it here.