European Federalist Party

European Federalist Party
President Yves Gernigon
Vice-president Vacancy
Secretary General Vacancy
Founded 6 November 2011
Merger of Europe United Party
French Federalist Party
Merged into partly in Stand Up For Europe
Headquarters  France, Paris
Ideology European federalism
Social liberalism
Democratisation
Colours Yellow and blue
Website
www.eurofederalistparty.eu

The European Federalist Party is a pro-European, pan-European and federalist political party which advocates further integration of the European Union through the establishment of a democratic and federal Europe.[1]

The party was launched in Paris on 6 November 2011 as a merger of Europe United and the French Federalist Party.[2] Its aim is to gather all Europeans to promote European federalism and to participate in all elections all over Europe. Its first electoral contest was the European Parliament election, 2014, in which it failed to secure a seat.[3] At the 6th European Federalist Convention (December 3, 2016), the European Federalist Party agreed to integrate itself into the new Euro-federalist organisation Stand Up For Europe, together with Stand up for the United States of Europe and United States of Europe Now.[4] Doing so, some national sections of the EFP decided to remain outside the new movement. Those national sections still operate under the name of the EFP, with the exception of the Federalist Party of the United Kingdom.

Representation at national and local levels

The EFP was to be the first truly transnational party in Europe, with sections in 16 countries and electoral candidates across the continent.[5] Its transnational credentials are rooted in its operation as a single party, rather than an alliance of national European parties.[6] The EFP had national and regional sections in:

Political objectives

The EFP works towards the creation of a European Federation, which would be composed of former members of the EU. It aims to participate in as much election across the European continent as possible. The said Federation would have to have a directly elected president, a Senate, an Assembly and a government

Main proposals

Its main proposal is the creation of a federal state out of the European Union. Which implies :

The EFP and the EU

The EFP deems that the EU has grown too old to be able to defend European interests due to its institutions, that were weakened by the 2008 crisis.

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". European Federalist Party. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "History". European Federalist Party. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Fidler, Stephen (29 May 2014). "Election Over, Europe Launches a Turf War". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Blog entry on the 6th European Federalist Convention on the website of Stand Up For Europe; retrieved February 22, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Europe's First Transnational List has been Presented by the European Federalist Party". 7 May 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "In defense of real European parties". The New Federalist. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "The European Federalist Party". Livinian Europa. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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