Federalism in the UK
By Sir Anthony Meyer For the past year Federal Union has been the British member of the UEF, and its aims are, as they always have been, those of the […]
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Steps towards federalism in the UK
By Ernest Wistrich The election of a Labour government in 1997 signalled the start of major constitutional reform. Until then the United Kingdom had operated one of Europe’s most centralised
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Joschka Fischer: “From Confederacy to Federation – Thoughts on the finality of European integration”
Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, “From Confederacy to Federation – Thoughts on the finality of European integration”, Speech at the Humboldt University in Berlin on 12 May
Peace and the Federal State
By Richard Laming, based on a speech at the Ventotene seminar, 2 September 1998 I am delighted to have been asked to speak this year on the subject of peace
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Building a constitution: the British experience
By John Parry The word “constitution” dates back at least as far as the Roman orator Cicero who used it in the limited sense of a regulation or ordinance. With
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JEF Declaration
Adopted September 1990, amended October 1995 The Young European Federalists believe that in any society, whether of individuals or nations, peace can only be guaranteed by the rule of law;
The war in the former Yugoslavia: a federalist analysis
To find a solution for the war in the former Yugoslavia, we must first understand how and why it started. By Richard Laming Introduction The war in the Yugoslavia has
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Nationalism and citizenship – you can’t have both
The most striking thing about the provisions for European citizenship within the treaties of the European Union is how few of them there are and how little they guarantee. The
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Controlling Europe’s “Ministocracy”
The Challenge for the 1996 IGC – a briefing from the European Movement The institutions of the European Union are in many ways well structured: designed to co-ordinate, propose, pass
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Charles Handy on federalism
Federalism is an emotive word in Britain today. That is both silly and sad, because federalism, as a form of organisation, is becoming more and more relevant to every complex
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