UEF: PRESS RELEASES

09/07/2003 //

Members of the European Convention have their last chance to make amendments to the draft Constitution today. They have achieved much in the last sixteen months, but there is still a crucial thing to be done.

This draft Constitution is…

17/06/2003 //

The Union of European Federalists (UEF), a supranational organisation presided over by Jo LEINEN MEP, welcomes the compromise proposal of the Convention as an important step towards a more democratic, transparent and effective European…

21/05/2003 //

The Federal Committee of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) chaired by Jo LEINEN, MEP, met last weekend in the European Academy Otzenhausen (Saarland). After a exchange of views with the alternate Representative of the Luxembourg government to…

12/02/2003 //

The Bureau of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) welcomes the presentation by the Convention Praesidium of the draft of first articles of the Constitutional Treaty. The debate on the future political direction of the European Union…

13/12/2002 // The Union of European Federalists welcomes President Prodi’s initiative of presenting a first complete draft constitution which has the great merit of showing the European public and the reluctant national governments that the…

03/10/2002 //

The Union of European Federalists has thrown down a challenge to members of the Convention when they meet on Friday morning to discuss subsidiarity. Anyone proposing a new institution or legislative procedure is challenged to answer the…

23/05/2002 //

The Union of European Federalists (UEF) welcomes the European Commission’s communication on the future of Europe presented to the European Convention on 22 May and its call for taking the lead in foreign affairs and economic policy. The UEF…

30/04/2002 //

The Union of European Federalists (UEF), chaired by Jo LEINEN MEP, notes that the current diplomatic efforts of the European Union to put an end to the Middle East crisis are ineffective.

The European Union should propose a peace plan which…

24/04/2002 //

About 100 European participants attended a European colloquium on “European regions and the federal future of Europe” in Palma de Mallorca on 19 and 20 April. This event was organised by the Union of European Federalists (U.E.F.), in…

28/02/2002 //

On the eve of the opening of the Convention on the future of the European Union, the Union of European Federalists (U.E.F.) and the Young European Federalists (JEF), organised a public debate in the European Parliament in Brussels on the…

Federalist's last call before conclusion of the convention. Majority voting should be included for the future amendments to the European constitution

An important step towards a Europe of Citizens – But more is needed!

European federalists and the current play in the Convention

The Praesidium’s Draft of Articles 1 to 16 of the Constitutional Treaty : An insufficient proposal which does not faithfully reflect the consensus within the European Convention

The Bureau of the Union of European Federalists welcomes the second contribution of the European Commission to the European Convention

New subsidiarity provisions should not make the EU more complicated

European Commission should be EU executive European Parliament as only directly elected EU institution should elect President of the EU

Middle East crisis reveals weakness of the European Union

A federal Europe to guarantee the cultural diversity of the regions

An opportunity for a more federal Europe