Open letter to my young federalist friends
by Lorenzo Sparviero | Dear federalist friends, the time to achieve the objective of a federal Europe, which we all have hoped for and which we have been talking about…
Is Trump a psychopath? Does the Goldwater Rule need to be revised?
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 to consult with a number…
Scottish Independence – And The Federal Option
THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT HOW BEST TO HOLD A REFERENDUM ON SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE. By Stuart Clark | The aim here is to show how, within two years, and by holding…
Citizens do not want this European Union
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: each country fights for its…
Wanted: A Federalist Debate
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, and visionaries must take the…
Unaccountable?
By Stuart Clark | MAYBE UNACCOUNTABLE IS NOT CORRECT, PERHAPS NOT HELD TO ACCOUNT IS MORE ACCURATE. That is because all three countries are democracies, however flawed the various electoral…
The perverse impact of operating with treaties
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 amoral, the result is immoral…
Episodes of flaring up European unity in the context of Federalism
Part 1, The Federalist Papers, January 2017 by Leo Klinkers | Preliminary remark Now that Germany is chairing the EU again since 1 July 2020, Angela Merkel is being interviewed…
Fighting the identity crisis of federalism in Europe
A reexamination of basic federalist elements to prevent the EU collapsing by Leo Klinkers | Introduction The European Union wants to give a EUR 750 million Recovery Fund to EU…
Is the EU’s 750 Billion Recovery Fund a ‘Hamiltonian moment’?
by Leo Klinkers | The Federal Alliance of European Federalists (F.A.E.F.) was founded to develop more strength for the creation of the United States of Europe through federating and educating…