The New Federalist

If you want to learn about European history, your own family might be a good start

When our editor-in-chief brought up the idea to write about European history through our own families’ stories, I could only like the idea, considering what I had already learned about mine years ago. Asking more questions to my parents and my grandmother, what they told me confirmed to me that (…)

Wednesday 30 May 2018

One year ahead of 2019 European elections: what I don’t want to witness (again)

Rate of abstention for 2014 European elections: 57,39%. For lack of incentive in the public debate, more than half of European citizens considered that direclty voting for their representatives at the European Parliament and indirectly voting for the President of the European executive was not (…)

Saturday 26 May 2018

Durão Barroso na Goldman Sachs, ou a ética europeia maltratada

Há um ano e meio, escrevi um artigo (em francês) sobre o escândalo que marcou a União Europeia no verão de 2016: José Manuel Durão Barroso, antigo Presidente da Comissão Europeia, tinha sido contratado pela financeira multinacional Goldman Sachs. Desde então, é infelizmente óbvio que não foram (…)

Wednesday 11 April 2018

Barroso at Goldman Sachs, or the mistreatment of European ethics

One year and a half ago, I was writing an article about the scandal which marked the European Union in summer 2016: José Manuel Barroso, former President of the European Commission, was hired by the American multinational finance company Goldman Sachs. Since then, it is unfortunately obvious (…)

Thursday 29 March 2018

Enhancing the visibility of European political parties: another challenge for 2019 European elections

On 22 February, I had the opportunity to speak in the name of the Young European Federalists and The New Federalist at the conference “Democratic Participation in the 2019 European Parliament Elections” to forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of citizens of the Union" (…)

Thursday 1 March 2018

Des trajectoires différentes d’intégration régionale au sein de l’Union européenne

En 2004, l’Union européenne (UE) opérait son élargissement à l’est. Parmi les pays concernés, se trouvent les quatre pays du groupe de Visegrád (V4) et les trois Etats baltes du groupe nordique-baltique (NB8). Le groupe de Visegrád a été créé en 1991, et est formé par la Hongrie, la Pologne, la République tchèque et la Slovaquie. Le groupe nordique-baltique a été créé en 1992, et est quant à lui composé des trois Etats baltes (Estonie, Lettonie, Lituanie), du Danemark, de la Finlande, de la Suède, de la Norvège et de l’Islande.

Saturday 24 February 2018

This week in Europe: Transnational lists, coalition deal in Germany and more

Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that may have passed notice. What did we miss? Comment on our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/thenewfederalist.eu !

Sunday 11 February 2018

“The Speech of Aristophanes”, “Une Vie”, and “The Living Mountain”: to the heart of three inspiring and powerful pieces

When one of our editors-in-chief asked us to write some literary articles, by sharing the three last books we read, also as an opportunity to “humanise” our authors and editors, the literary nerd I am could only love the initiative. The Speech of Aristophanes from Plato’s Symposium, Une Vie (A (…)

Friday 26 January 2018

Cette semaine en Europe : Jérusalem, Catalogne, Pologne, Autriche, Estcoin...

Chaque semaine, l’équipe de [The New Federalist->https://www.thenewfederalist.eu, notre édition anglophone, passe en revue les principaux évènements européens et met en avant ceux qui ont pu être occultés par la presse. Quelque chose a été oublié ? Commentez l’article ! L’UE divisée sur (…)

Friday 29 December 2017

This Week in Europe: Jerusalem, Estcoin and Poland

Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that may have passed notice. What did we miss? Comment on our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/thenewfederalist.eu ! EU divided on Jerusalem On Thursday, the UN passed a resolution (…)

Thursday 28 December 2017

Die “Straßburger Gespräche”: Migrationspolitik und Themen grenzüberschreitender Mobilität gewinnen an Bedeutung

Vom 17. bis 19. November fanden die 29. “Straßburger Gespräche” (“Entretiens de Strasbourg”) statt. Bei dem Format handelt es sich um das älteste Seminar der JEF Europe, welches jährlich von den JEF Sektionen Strasbourg und Freiburg organisiert wird. Mehr als 60 Jugendliche aus Frankreich, Deutschland und Europa trafen sich zu diesem Anlass und diskutierten über die europäische Grenz- und Migrationspolitik.

Thursday 14 December 2017

Les 29e Entretiens de Strasbourg : enjeux transfrontaliers et migratoires

Les 29e Entretiens de Strasbourg ont eu lieu du 17 au 19 novembre, et ont rassemblé une soixantaine de jeunes, français, allemands, européens. Ce séminaire transfrontalier organisé par les Jeunes Européens Strasbourg et les Jeunes Européens Fribourg a notamment été l’occasion de débattre et d’échanger ensemble sur l’Europe transfrontalière et la politique migratoire en Europe.

Saturday 25 November 2017

Lorène Weber

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