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; …
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Federal Union: The Pioneers
(published by Macmillan, 1990) Britain’s relationship with its European Community partners has been bedevilled by divergent views about the aim of a political union with federal institutions. Federalism is often …
The first use of the term “democratic deficit”
The JEF Manifesto was adopted by the JEF Congress in Berlin in 1977, and is believed to be the first recorded use of the phrase “democratic deficit”. The first chapter …
Federalist MPs
At the end of October 1967 the European Federalist Movement (European Union of Federalists) sent a questionnaire to 630 British Members of Parliament designed to assess their views on a …
A European policy for Britain
The following policy statement has been issued by Britain in Europe Ltd. and the Campaign for Europe. It was adapted by a joint meeting of the two organisations on January …
European federation now
A pamphlet published in December 1951 europeanfederationnow
Speech by Miss F-L Josephy at the first Congress of the UEF
Montreux, Switzerland, 27-31 August 1947 Being British I am not particularly interested in theory and not at all in philosophy. I am lost in the subtleties of integral federalism. In …
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Altiero Spinelli at the first UEF Congress, Montreux, 27 August 1947
Altiero Spinelli (source European Commission) This speech was delivered by Altiero Spinelli, founder of the Italian Movimento Federalista Europeo, at the founding Congress of the Union of European Federalists in …
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The Hertenstein Programme
1. A European Community on federal lines is a necessary and essential contribution to any world union. 2. In accordance with federalist principles which call for a democratic structure beginning …
A Copernican world, from “The anatomy of peace”
“The anatomy of peace” was published in 1945 by Emery Reves, as an appeal for federalism. Read the opening chapter here: copernicanworld