Fighting the identity crisis of federalism in Europe
A reexamination of basic federalist elements to prevent the EU collapsing by Leo Klinkers | Introduction The European Union wants to give a EUR 750 million Recovery Fund to EU…
Is the EU’s 750 Billion Recovery Fund a ‘Hamiltonian moment’?
by Leo Klinkers | The Federal Alliance of European Federalists (F.A.E.F.) was founded to develop more strength for the creation of the United States of Europe through federating and educating…
To err is human but to persevere in error is diabolical
Observations on the Conference on the Future of Europe 2020-2022 by Leo Klinkers | Introduction President Macron’s call (March 2019) for a Conference on the future of Europe has led…
This pandemic has opened our eyes to the precariousness of life
By Stuart Clark | WHAT COVID-19 DID THAT GLOBAL WARMING HAD FAILED TO DO. The initial shock of how serious this Pandemic could be, has now worn off, and although…
The Curse Of Intergovernmentalist System Errors
by Leo Klinkers | In my article Anarchy + Anarchy = Strong Man in Europe-Today Magazine of 8 April, 2020 I mentioned six system errors of the EU operating system.…
Anarchy + Anarchy = Strong Man
by Leo Klinkers | This title is provocative. If you don't like it, you'd better start reading something else. Go wait until black shirts kick in the door and put…
Third time’s the charm – Europe must shockproof itself
by Joel Boehme | We Europeans must step up our game. Moreover, we must do so with a holistic understanding of the Union’s reluctance to own uncomfortable competences. Indeed, the…
If the European Union was a federation…
by Michele Ballerin | ... you could have, dear reader, everything you are asking to do to manage the health emergency, and even something more. But the European Union is…
Reform the European asylum rules!
by Mihaela Sirițanu & Joel Boehme | Turkey abandoning their migrational commitments to Europe must prompt The Union to reflect on its attempts to solve the refugee crisis. Surrendering our…
Open letter on federal Europe for sardines and other european movements
by Lorenzo Sparviero | The current Libyan crisis once again highlights the dramatic non-existence of the European Union. Everyone agrees that it would be useful, necessary and urgent for the…