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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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