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…
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…
Albania and Northern-Macedonia. Victims of autocratizing EU-oligarchy
by Leo Klinkers | What happened? In October 2019, the European Council decided, on the advice of the EU ministers concerned, to stop accession negotiations with Albania and Northern-Macedonia. France,…
Give room to the Oceans, then the rising sea level can be lowered
by Emile Glans van Essen & Leo Klinkers | Introduction Climate measures are based on combating the causes of rising temperatures and helping to slow down rising sea levels. But…
Response to Yannis Karamitsios (Federalist Connection)
by Leo Klinkers | Introduction On 27 September 2019, Yannis Karamitsios placed an important post on Facebook. In short, his argument boils down to this: President Trump will not be…
Standards of federalism
by Leo Klinkers | The establishment of a state The way in which a state is designed largely determines the question of whether the people within that state feel happy.…
The “Europe of the citizens”
The Preamble of a possible Constitution by Leo Klinkers | INTRODUCTION The recent election of the new European Parliament has been described in the media as a cry from 'the…