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Why the EU needs to be fundamentally reformed

We would like to share with you an article published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and written by Sven Simon, MEP EPP, Professor of International and European Law at Philipps University of Marburg…

Staff Spinelli Group10/04/2026

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Appeal for Real Strategic Sovereignty Published in La Repubblica and El País

European voices call on the EU to act with autonomy amid transatlantic rupture The Union of European Federalists (UEF) welcomes the publication of its Appeal for Real Strategic Sovereignty, relaunched by the Action Committee…

Staff Spinelli Group26/01/2026

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Treaty Reform Takes Center Stage at AFCO Committee Meeting with Commissioner Šefčovič

Brussels, 14 May 2025 — In a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič faced robust calls from Members of the European Parliament…

Staff Spinelli Group14/05/2025

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Published by AFCO the Draft Report on the Institutional aspects of the Report on the future of European Competitiveness (Draghi Report)

The Union of European Federalists welcomes the publication of the Draft Report on the Institutional Aspects of the Report on the Future of European Competitiveness, authored by MEP Brando Benifei (former Chair of…

Staff Spinelli Group26/04/2025

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A call for Treaty Reform by Spinelli Group MEPs in AFCO during the Polish Presidency’s debriefing to EP committees on its priorities.

During the AFCO Committee meeting with Polish Minister for European Affairs Adam Szłapka, many MEPs took the floor to stress the urgent need to reform the EU’s institutional framework, particularly in light…

Staff Spinelli Group30/01/2025

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Spinelli Group’s members question in Maroš Šefčovič’s Hearing

Yesterday, the confirmation hearings of the European Commissioners-designate began. Significant was the hearing of the designated commissioner Maros Sefcovic in the AFCO committee because if confirmed he will be the future Commissioner…

Staff Spinelli Group04/11/2024

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Lukas Mandl, president of the Spinelli Group: We call for EU reform

ORIGINAL IN ITALIAN HERE EURACTIV Italy interviewed Lukas Mandl, MEP of the European People's Party, president of the Austrian section of the European Union of Federalists, recently appointed president of…

Staff Spinelli Group28/10/2024

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THE SPINELLI GROUP: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RE-ELECTED AND WELCOME TO THE NEWCOMERS!

The Union of European Federalists congratulates all members of the Spinelli Group 2019-2024 who were re-elected for the next term of the European Parliament. We can only wish them good luck! Andrey…

Staff Spinelli Group11/06/2024

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EE2024 – UEF, SPINELLI GROUP, JEF, ASS. JEAN MONNET CALL FOR TREATY REFORM TO EPP, PES, GREENS, ALDE, EDP

The federalist and pro-European organisations, the Union of European Federalists, Young European Federalists, the Parliamentary Intergroup Spinelli Group, and the Jean Monnet Association, are co-signatories of five letters that we…

Staff Spinelli Group03/06/2024

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EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2024: THE DEBATE ON TREATY REFORM MUST BE A PART OF THE EUROPEAN ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN

Brussels, 15 March 2024 On Tuesday 12 March, in Strasbourg at Cafè Michel, the Spinelli Group in the European Parliament in coordination with the Union of European Federalists (UEF) and together with UEF…

Staff Spinelli Group15/03/2024

Why the EU needs to be fundamentally reformed

Appeal for Real Strategic Sovereignty Published in La Repubblica and El País

Treaty Reform Takes Center Stage at AFCO Committee Meeting with Commissioner Šefčovič

Published by AFCO the Draft Report on the Institutional aspects of the Report on the future of European Competitiveness (Draghi Report)

A call for Treaty Reform by Spinelli Group MEPs in AFCO during the Polish Presidency’s debriefing to EP committees on its priorities.

Spinelli Group’s members question in Maroš Šefčovič’s Hearing

Lukas Mandl, president of the Spinelli Group: We call for EU reform

THE SPINELLI GROUP: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RE-ELECTED AND WELCOME TO THE NEWCOMERS!

EE2024 – UEF, SPINELLI GROUP, JEF, ASS. JEAN MONNET CALL FOR TREATY REFORM TO EPP, PES, GREENS, ALDE, EDP

EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2024: THE DEBATE ON TREATY REFORM MUST BE A PART OF THE EUROPEAN ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN

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