For Europe, the 9th of May is a day of celebration, and the Young European Federalists (JEF) makes an active contribution to these celebrations through the organisation of various events by their national and local sections found in more than 30 European countries.
This year JEF activists in more than 60 cities across the continent are organising events in which traditional street campaigning merges with creative innovations and public debates are supplemented by initiating a referendum campaign.
Creating a European statue, baking a cake for Europe’s 50th birthday, making art competitions and poetry readings are just a few examples of the creative energy that young activists across Europe can offer. The more politically oriented ones are organising public debates and forums on current hot topics, handing out leaflets on the streets and raising European awareness by debating with young people in high schools. Others are symbolically building Europe by putting together self-made European puzzles or simply having fun at groovy European parties where they are spreading the good European vibes.
JEF is out on the streets of Europe today to show the world that there are a lot of young people who care about Europe. However, JEF is not simply here to celebrate and enjoy the good parts of the European project, but do more than that: to fight for a change for the better and to improve those things where Europe is still not living up to its potential.
As Young European Federalists we are strongly convinced that in order for the European integration to continue to be a success story also for the next 50 years, we need to develop into a proper political Union and adopt a federal Constitution.
In this respect JEF is reaching out to the citizens on Europe Day and collecting signatures for a consultative EU-wide referendum on a Constitution as a first step towards the realisation of the European dream of our founding fathers: a European federation!
The numerous JEF activities taking place today and during this European week prove that our members are not only exemplary active citizens that participate in the process of constructing and shaping the Europe they want: a borderless and inclusive Europe, a Europe of mutual respect and diversity, a Europe of solidarity, a more democratic Europe, a Europe of citizens, a federal Europe – they are living the Europe they want!
JEF-Albania (interest group) – Tirana and Durres
JEF-Bulgaria (official section) – Blagoevgrad and Sofia
JEF-Croatia (official section) – Zagreb
JEF-Denmark (official section) – Aarhus, Copenhagen and Odense
JEF-Finland (official section) – Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Tampere and Turku
JEF-France (official section) – Auvergne, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nancy, Paris, Rouen and Strasbourg
JEF-Germany (official section) – Berlin, Jena, Chemnitz, Tübingen and Freiburg
JEF-Greece (official section) – Larissa, Patras, Komotini and Heraklion
JEF-Italy (official section) - Milan, Padova, Pavia and Napoli
JEF-Kosova (interest group) – Prishtina
JEF-Latvia (official section) - Riga, Jelgava, Rezekne, Daugavpils, Gulbene, Liepaja and Valmiera
JEF-Lithuania (official section) – Vilnius
JEF-Malta (official section) – Naxxar
JEF-Montenegro (candidate section) – Podgorica
JEF-Norway (official section) – Oslo, Grimstad, Kristiansund, Stavanger, Florø, Trondheim and Bergen
JEF-Portugal (official section) - Lisbon
JEF-Slovenia (official section) - Nova Gorica, Kranj, Ptuj, Ljutomer, Kamnik, Slovenj gradec, Koper, Velenje, Postojna, Litija and Škofja Loka
JEF-Spain/Catalunya (official section) - Barcelona
JEF-Switzerland (official section) – Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Luzern, Zurich
JEF-United Kingdom (official section) - Edinburgh and York
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