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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 […]
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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
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Federation – target for today
Read the Federal Union leaflets: “Federation – target for tomorrow” published in October 1942 targetfortomorrow And the updated version published in November 1944, “Federation – target for today” targetfortoday
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from “The Road to Serfdom”
By F A Hayek Those who are so ready to ride roughshod over the rights of small states are, of course, right in one thing: we cannot hope for order […]
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The rights of small nations – editorial from “The New Yorker”
by E B White, 15 April 1944 Lord Cranborne pointed out last week that when the Allies meet to reconstruct the Atlantic Charter, the fixing would be done by the […]
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Oxford plea for Federal Union
from the Daily Mail, 4 January 1944 Federal Union’s answer to the problems of freedom and international peace was given at a meeting of an Oxford Federal Union discussion group […]
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Speaker’s notes
Federal Union produced background briefing notes for its members when giving speeches. Read an example here speakersnotes
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These people don’t like the federal idea … these people do
A list of quotations about Federal Union, published in 1942. quotations