This year the European Union is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty with the slogan “Together since 1957” but it seems that despite the unanimous decision of the last European Council, the governments are de facto splitting Europe. The fact that some countries are opting out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights means for instance that, very soon, not all European citizens will have the same rights! All Europeans are concerned with this perspective, especially the young people.

We, the Young European Federalists (JEF), are united in our common vision of the future of Europe. The next Congress of JEF (Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-21 October 2007) should be an occasion for showing that “our European Union” will be much more democratic, united and federal than the current “Europe of governments”. We invite all those who want to debate the future of Europe and JEF to join this blog. We invite in particular those who are running for a statutory position (members of the Federal Committee, Executive Bureau, Arbitration Board, President and Vice Presidents) to post their presentations here (see also the documents on www.jef.eu). In this way any JEF member will have a chance to ask questions to the candidates and to send their contributions.

Those who are not (yet?) members are invited to our discussions, too. It could be a good opportunity to discover a new youth organisation, which aims at being collaborative, transparent, dynamic and strong… an organisation where you could spend some years of your life!?

We are the generation that will celebrate one century since the Rome Treaty…Let’s start to prepare this anniversary Living Europe Together… in 2057 (and more!).

Samuele Pii