The Swiss startups stand against what could become Switzerland’s very own ‘Brexit’
14 September 2020
The Swiss will soon vote on a referendum that could dramatically change the future relations between Switzerland and the EU; Known as the Limitation Initiative,…
Open letter to my young federalist friends
4 September 2020
by Lorenzo Sparviero | Dear federalist friends, the time to achieve the objective of a federal Europe, which we all have hoped for and which…
Is Trump a psychopath? Does the Goldwater Rule need to be revised?
2 September 2020
By Leo Klinkers | In 1964, U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater ran for president. He was defeated by Lyndon B. Johnson. Goldwater’s views prompted Fact magazine…
Scottish Independence – And The Federal Option
31 August 2020
THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT HOW BEST TO HOLD A REFERENDUM ON SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE. By Stuart Clark | The aim here is to show how, within…
Citizens do not want this European Union
5 August 2020
The 4-day EU summit in July 2020, despite the undeniable positive result achieved, once again exposed how vulnerable the EU is in times of crisis:…
Wanted: A Federalist Debate
27 July 2020
The Recovery Package makes the perfect case for eurofederalism, writes Volt Europa Board Member Joel Boehme, but the debate is lacking. We need pan-European politics,…
Unaccountable?
22 July 2020
By Stuart Clark | MAYBE UNACCOUNTABLE IS NOT CORRECT, PERHAPS NOT HELD TO ACCOUNT IS MORE ACCURATE. That is because all three countries are democracies,…
The perverse impact of operating with treaties
16 July 2020
By Leo Klinkers | EU politicians don’t know the difference between an undemocratic intergovernmental treaty and a democratic federal constitution. The lack of knowledge is…
Episodes of flaring up European unity in the context of Federalism
8 July 2020
Part 1, The Federalist Papers, January 2017 by Leo Klinkers | Preliminary remark Now that Germany is chairing the EU again since 1 July 2020,…
Fighting the identity crisis of federalism in Europe
10 June 2020
A reexamination of basic federalist elements to prevent the EU collapsing by Leo Klinkers | Introduction The European Union wants to give a EUR 750…