In a press release on Monday, the Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) said that “citizens have chosen Europe, and they have chosen change”. The organisation said that of those who voted for alternatives to the major parties, a majority “voted for parties which promote a renewal of European democracy – a social, ecological and sovereign Europe”. It also pointed to the turnout in the elections, which reached the highest level since 1994.
The JEF-Europe President Christopher Glück urged the MEPs to embrace change: “If we, Europeans, and our elected representatives, don’t take daring steps towards deeper integration, others will take the opportunity to instigate regressive reforms.”
European federalists are set to continue their calls for change at a rally in front of the European Parliament as the new MEPs convene for their first plenary session in Strasbourg on 1 and 2 July.
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