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  • The Federalist Flag, the Battle-Flag for Europe

    Thursday 28 August 2008 by  David Soldini , 0 comment français
    It was probably Duncan Sandys, a British conservative, Churchill’s son-in-law, who had been given the task to develop the European Movement in Great Britain, who proposed for the first time the flag with a big E as the symbol of European unity. The irony of history made it so that the inventor (...) Continue

  • The creation of a European Rapid Reaction Force by an avant-guard group of countries: a proposal(1/3)

    Monday 4 August 2008 by  Domenico Moro , 0 comment
    The proposal contained in this document provides for the creation of a European Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) by an avant-guard group of European countries, as a first step towards a European policy of security controlled by a European Federal government. It is founded on the contents of the (...) Continue

  • Lisbon Treaty ratification – What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!

    Saturday 28 June 2008 by  Joan Marc Simon , 1 comment
    Stable structures benefit from crisis whilst unstable ones tend to be destroyed by them. The EU was born from a big crisis named 2nd World War and has been forged crisis by crisis. Following the saying “what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger” I have no doubt that the EU will come out (...) Continue

  • Is “Emperor Barroso” naked?

    Without the support of the European citizenry, the President of the European Commission lacks the legitimacy necessary to make the European project credible.

    Wednesday 4 June 2008 by  Joan Marc Simon , 0 comment français - italiano
    The President of the European Commission is today nominated by the European Council to lead what is likely to one day become the executive branch of the European Union. Still, such an important position is far removed from citizens. They don’t see what is the role of this President who they have (...) Continue

  • Taurillon reaches one million visitors!

    Monday 26 May 2008 by  Editorial Board of thenewfederalist.eu , 1 comment français - italiano
    Taurillon, the webzine on European affairs of the Young European Federalists (JEF), has exceeded the 1,000,000 visitor mark. This symbolic threshold is a testament of the success of the site, run by volunteers from all over Europe. Launched by JEF-France following the failed French referendum (...) Continue

  • Resolution on the Reform of the UN

    Resolution adopted during the Federal Committee of Biel in March 2008.

    Wednesday 14 May 2008 by  JEF-Europe , 0 comment
    JEF-Europe adopted a resolution on the evolution of the United Nations (UN) and the role of the European Union (EU) in this process. JEF-Europe Recalling that the EU is by definition called upon to be a driving force in the process of UN reform and that the 2003 European Security Strategy (...) Continue

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News items

  • 18 March – 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
  • 1 January – 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.
  • December 2007 – Key climate summit opens in Bali
    Governments at a key UN climate summit will discuss how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after the current Kyoto Protocol targets expire in 2012.
    Read more about it here.

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