On 18 September 2024, the first board of the Spinelli Group convened in Strasbourg (France).
There is enthusiasm and determination in the next steps to be taken in close cooperation with the Union of European Federalists, outside and inside the European institutions.
The priority will certainly be to catch the baton of the previous legislature in relaunching and demanding the Convention for the reform of the Treaties.
The new EP must certainly regain a decisive role and at this stage it must speak out loudly on European governance – catching up with last year’s vote in November 2023 – and fight for a reform of the Treaties.
During the meeting every parliaments groups represented nominated Board members:
RENEW
- Sandro Gozi (France/Italy)
- Petros Austrevicius (Lithuania)
- Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE (Netherlands)
- Lubica KARVAŠOVÁ (Slovakia)
GREENS
- Reinier van Lanschot (Netherlands)
- Benedetta Scuderi (Italy)
- Daniel Freund (Germany)
- Anna Strolenberg (Netherlands)
S&D
- Gabirele Bischoff (Germany)
- Brando Benifei (Italy)
- Vivien Costanzo (Germany)
- Klara Dobrev (Hungary)
EPP
- Markus Ferber (Germany) Vice-President UEF
- Lukas Mandl (Austria) President UEF Austria
- (still missing other 2)
The Left
- Nikolas Farantouris (Greece)
EX OFFICIO
- Domenec Ruiz Devesa (Spain), former MEP S&D, President of Union of European Federalists
- Guy Verhofstadt (Belgium), former MEP Renew, President of European Movement International
