“It will be the moment of new action and it will be the moment
for new men: the moment for a free and united Europe”

Altiero Spinelli

“Si je savois quelque chose utile à ma patrie, et qui fût
préjudiciable à l'Europe,(...) je la regarderois comme un crime.”

Montesquieu

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The rise of populism in Europe

How to respond to the rise of populism in Europe and to the success of extremist parties? Academic seminar in Berlin (1-2.12.2012) Today Europe finds itself at the crossroads of several crises, economic, social, environmental and political. Tensions between politicians and citizens are exacerbated by a situation to which the European Union struggles to respond. … Read more

For Europe!
Guy Verhofstadt and Daniel Cohn-Bendit’s new book
Europe is in crisis. How did we get here? What didn’t work? Faced with such an emergency, are the euro zone states not creating an undemocratic monster? Is euroscepticism not reactionary?

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Spinelli proposals, what’s next ?

What we propose and what they do… Monitoring based on the conclusions of the Spinelli Shadow Council , the conclusions of the European Council and the statment of the Euro Aera summit (26-29.06.2012)

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Press Conference, Brussels 28.06.2012. Andrew Duff, Jo Leinen, Sylvie Goulard, Guy Verhofstadt, Romano Prodi, Isabelle Durant. Read more

Shadow European Council – Conclusions

Only a European federal union can solve the crisis – Federal Union or disintegration

The situation is critical. We can no longer wait. Since European leaders keep carefully avoiding the real decision, the European Commission has to take her full responsibility. It is the sole institution that can put forward draft legislation. The Commission must produce a clear legislative pack and timetable for and beyond the European Council of 28/29 June which must be endorsed with cast-iron commitments by the Heads of State and Government.
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