Bulletin n. 1/2017 | ||
June 2017 | ||
Leinen Jo |
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Federalists Never Give Up. The 70th Birthday of the Union of European Federalists(UEF) | ||
in Federalist Debate (The) , Year XXIX, Number 3, November 2016 , 2016 | ||
The founding fathers and mothers of the Federalist Movement had a dream: a United Europe in which the people can live in peace, in freedom and in wellbeing for all. Celebrating the 70th birthday of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) here in Strasbourg we will analyze how much of the European dream has already been realized and what must be done in the next years to complete the project. In all these decades, the Federalist Movement has been very instrumental for the idea of the United States of Europe. We are the architects and the engineers of the common European House. Federalists are the only ones with a clear and solid construction plan. From the very beginning there are those who do not want to live in this common European House and those who want to destroy what has been already constructed. Federalists will fight against anyone who undermines the peaceful coexistence in Europe. We will never agree with those who attack freedom and democracy. We strongly criticize policies that will undermine the wellbeing for all citizens in Europe. The Federalist Movement strived not only for a Europe of states with their governments and experts. Our objective is a Europe of citizens: a Political Union and not only a common market. | ||