Tag: Conference on the Future of Europe

EU Wants Brussels Friendly Schools

In keeping with the Conference on the Future of Europe, the EU seeks to take a lead in how children are educated about the EU, its history, and why it exists, and to develop an EU-wide and euro-centric approach to education.

The Balkan War on Conservatism

Funded in part by the U.S. government, a coalition of seemingly respectable organizations has vowed to keep Orbán’s national conservatism from inspiring followers in the Western Balkans.

EU Parliament Calls for Treaty Change

The EU Parliament resolution specifies the changes to the treaties it wants: repealing the unanimity vote required on certain decisions is one of them.

Whither National Sovereignty?

Emmanuel Macron’s invocations of “European sovereignty” notwithstanding, the nation—not Europe, nor the entire world—remains the only viable locus for the exercise of democratic power.

Former EU Commissioner: Only 14 Votes Needed to Change Treaties  

Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, an Italian diplomat who formerly served as a European Commissioner, has argued that—contrary to popular belief—in order to revise the European Union’s system of treaties, just 14 of the 27 European Union member states, a simple majority, would need to support the initiative.

EU: The End of the Unanimity Rule?

The debate comes at a particularly sensitive time, when the question of applying new sanctions against Russia is coming up against the objections of three European states, including Hungary. The proposal to generalise qualified majority voting is far from unanimous among European states.

Greetings: a Campaign to Protect Life

Before the final report from the Conference on the Future of Europe is published in the spring, the European Federation hopes to gather citizens from across the EU in Brussels and call for the protection of all human life, beginning at the moment of conception.