PR | Lukas Mandl appointed as President of the Spinelli Group

The President of UEF Austria will take over the rotating Presidency of the parliamentry intergroup.

The President of UEF Austria, Lukas Mandl, MEP EPP, will take over the rotating Presidency of the parliamentary intergroup. He was appointed yesterday by the Spinelli Group Board meeting in Strasbourg during the work of the first plenary in October.

As Lukas Mandl inherited the rotating presidency of the Spinelli Group from Sandro Gozi, MEP Renew, and former President of the UEF, the UEF stands beside his leadership and ensures him the support of all federalists.

The Spinelli Group and the UEF warmly thank Sandro Gozi for his chairmanship.
“It has been an honour to serve as Chair of the Spinelli Group for the past two years. Through our federalist network, we have undertaken a historic political fight for the reform and democratisation of the European Union, an effort that must persist in this new term. I extend my best wishes to the new Chair, Lukas Mandl, who will undoubtedly advance our mission to reform the Union and unify the continent.

In this European mandate, federalists play a crucial role in ensuring that EU institutions are responsive to the demands from the Conference on the Future of Europe. By driving treaty reform, we aim to create a more sovereign and democratic Europe.” Sandro Gozi.

The revision of the European Treaty has been a long-standing demand of the UEF. Lukas Mandl stressed the importance of making the Treaty reforms the focus of his work together with the Spinelli Group.

Lukas Mandl said: “Since I am heading the European Federalists as a President in Austria in my country, I feel obliged to contribute here. […] It means a lot to me that I can do it but I want to do it jointly with the other board members otherwise it will not work.“

At the Spinelli Group Board meeting the participants were Petras Auštrevičius, Brando Benifei, Gabriel Bischoff, Vivien Costanzo, Nikolas Farantouris, Daniel Freund, Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle, Sandro Gozi, Benedetta Scuderi, Reinier Van Lanschot, and Ilaria Caria, UEF Secretary General.