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Press release: Restoring Russia’s full membership rights for nothing in return damages Council of Europe’s reputation
28 June 2019
This week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) restored Russia’s full voting rights, removed in 2014 due to the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. “The Council of Europe is only as influential as it is credible. Russia was…
Press release: It is time to deliver what North Macedonia and Albania deserve!
21 June 2019
Yesterday, the European Council decided not to decide on the opening of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, disregarding the positive recommendations received by the European Commission. “The decision of the European Council…
Press release: “Better no Eurozone budget than a useless one”
21 June 2019
The Eurosummit, which is meeting today in inclusive format, confirmed the broad agreement reached by the Eurogroup earlier this week on the creation of a budgetary instrument for competitiveness and convergence. “Nobody can claim this is a real…
Press release: Letter regarding the accession negotiations with the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Albania
14 June 2019
Dear members of the European Council, Ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council meetings set for June 17 and June 18 respectively, we, the Young European Federalists, call the members of the European Council / Council of the…
Press release: Spitzenkandidaten: “EUCO keep out – the Parliament decides!”
28 May 2019
Today European leaders meet for the first time after the European Parliament elections, to discuss future “top-jobs” in the EU, with the number one vacancy being the President of the European Commission (POTEC, for short). All eyes in Brussels are…
Press release: Europeans have voted for change: it’s time to act, Europe!
27 May 2019
From May 23rd to 26th, Europeans all over the continent and abroad casted their votes in the elections of the new European Parliament and they sent two strong messages: With a turnout of over 50 per cent and the highest turnout in twenty years,…
Press release: Over 200 candidates pledge to support European Federalists’ demands for next European Parliament
21 May 2019
Ahead of the European elections starting on Thursday, 215 candidates to the European Parliament have committed to support the European Federalists' demands for the next European Parliament. Supporters come from a range of political parties and…
Press release: United in disunity: European leaders celebrate three years of no progress in Sibiu
9 May 2019
“Frankly, only the date on top of the Leaders’ statement can tell us what year it is. Three years after the Bratislava summit 2016, which followed the Brexit referendum, we find ourselves precisely in the same spot: we’ve wasted valuable time, the…
Press release: Don’t just celebrate Europe, choose Europe!
8 May 2019
With two weeks to go until the European Parliament elections, today the continent dwells in celebrating the achievements of the EU, on the 69th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, preferring to look back at what has been achieved instead of…
Press release: JEF Europe Federal Committee launches #IChooseEurope campaign for the European Parliament Elections with national sections in London
30 March 2019
During last weekend more than 100 members of the Young European Federalists (JEF Europe) gathered in London for its bi-annual statutory meeting - the Federal Committee (FC) - where the organisation agrees on its political direction. During this…
“No way, Theresa May! Let the people have their say!” – JEF Europe takes the streets in London to support a People’s Vote
25 March 2019
More than one million Europeans marched this Saturday in London calling on the British Government to put to the people of the UK whether to remain in the EU now that the alternatives are clear or whether to leave. JEF Europe held its bi-annual…
Federal Committee meeting of the Young European Federalists (JEF Europe), March 22 – 24, 2019 in London
22 March 2019
Today, the Young European Federalists (JEF Europe) - in cooperation with their national section Young European Movement UK - are gathering in London for the meeting of their main decision-making body, the half-yearly Federal Committee (FC), and to…
JEF Europe calls on citizens to Choose Europe in the upcoming European Parliament Elections in May 2019
16 March 2019
#IChooseEurope” - proclaim several thousand young people today in Paris, where the Young European Federalists (JEF Europe) and their partners launch their campaign for the European Parliament 2019 elections. The transpartisan youth federalist…
President Macron is right: resignation and conformity with the status quo are Europe’s downfall
6 March 2019
“President Macron is right: resignation and conformity with the status quo are Europe’s downfall”, says JEF Europe “One of Berlin’s East Side Gallery murals - erected to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 -…
“Democracy Under Pressure 2019” – JEF Europe calls citizens to action during its action week across the continent
18 February 2019
The Young European Federalist call on citizens to “speak up for those who are silenced in Europe”, and stand for the values of rule of law and democracy. “Recent political developments in several EU Member States, where the founding democratic…
Edging closer to the abyss – JEF Europe regrets yesterday’s vote and now calls on British legislators to avoid no-deal outcome
16 January 2019
Brexit has always been an ill-conceived and harmful idea, sold to British citizens in a campaign built on false promises, outright lies and disinformation and fueled on discontent that had little to do with the European Union. Yesterday, the…
Eurozone leaders miss the chance to fix the roof while the sun is shining
14 December 2018
One year after the European Commission published a set of rather modest proposals to improve the institutional architecture of the Eurozone, leaders today agreed on an even more modest reform package, hailed as a hard-fought breakthrough……
“Sad and alarming days” – JEF Europe Statement on the Central European University leaving Budapest
5 December 2018
“These are sad and alarming days for Europe when a university sees its freedom hampered in a way that it cannot find itself home anymore in a Member State”, declares Leonie Martin, Vice-President of Young European Federalists (JEF) Europe. “We…
ALDE risks derailing Spitzenkandidaten process
21 November 2018
Roughly half a year ahead of the European elections, Europarties start the process of choosing their candidate for the EU top job: the Presidency of the European Commission. The European People’s Party (EPP) has already backed Manfred Weber to…
JEF Europe welcomes President Macron and Chancellor Merkel’s proposal for the creation of a European army and calls for leaders to make decisive steps towards its realisation now
20 November 2018
As long advocates for the creation of European armed forces, JEF Europe welcomes and supports the ambitious positions taken by the French President and the German Chancellor within the recent weeks and praises this symbolic act of unity. We are…