Translated by Lorène Weber

Former member of The New Federalist’s editorial board as Chief Translator FR / EN. Graduated with a Master’s degree in Political and Governance Studies (College of Europe, Bruges).

Articles de cet auteur (69)

New translation : Le fédéralisme, corollaire de la diversité culturelle en Europe ?

Mondialisation néolibérale, montée de l’intégrisme religieux et identitaire, euroscepticisme revendiqué… la crispation autour de l’identité nationale se fait de plus en plus forte en ce XXIème siècle tumultueux. Pourtant, l’identité nationale trouvera son salut dans la formation d’une Europe fédérale, dotée d’un vrai sentiment européen.

jeudi 24 juin 2021

The European Commission’s recovery plan : a ’Hamiltonian’ leap ?

ANALYSE. La Commission européenne a présenté hier sa proposition de plan de relance pour lutter contre les effets économiques du coronavirus. L’exécutif européen tente une synthèse entre mutualisation des dettes et prêts classiques. Au total, 750 milliards d’euros incorporés dans le prochain budget européen. Un moment fondateur pour le fédéralisme européen ?

vendredi 29 mai 2020

70 years on : rewriting the Schuman declaration for today’s Europe

Théo Boucart lays out the 2020 version of the Schuman declaration.

lundi 11 mai 2020

Brexit : negotiations on lockdown

The Covid-19 pandemic has also taken Brexit negotiations by storm. Whilst the transition period ends on December 31st, talks between the European Union and the United Kingdom are at a standstill. Negotiations on the future relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union began in (…)

dimanche 29 mars 2020

Waiting for Europe…

Hadrien Boudet-Romero expresses his criticism with regard to lack of action by the EU on coronavirus - but points to the fact that the pandemic has highlighted the EU’s lack of success concerning further integration.

mercredi 25 mars 2020

Laura and Louise’s last editorial : Thank you and long live European journalism !

In their last article as Editors-in-chief of Le Taurillon, our French sister edition, Laura and Louise review the transformations which have marked the continent over the past two years and the importance to take the time to give meaning to it. The New Federalist is publishing today a translation of their last editorial and warmly thank and congratulate them for their amazing work and for the strengthening of the relationship between the different language editions of JEF webzine.

mardi 10 septembre 2019

Red card to the Italian government for the arrest of Carola Rackete, captain of rescue boat Sea-Watch 3

In the night of 28-29 June, Lampedusa became again the centre of attention of the international press. Sea-Watch 3, a Dutch flag-flying rescue and humanitarian boat belonging to the German NGO Sea-Watch, forced the blockade established by the Italian authorities. This docking happened 17 days (…)

mardi 2 juillet 2019

Migration : reinforcing external borders

A team of 10,000 guards posted at the EU borders by 2027 : this is the agreement that the European Commission, the Council and the Parliament found. Instead of being able to agree on the distribution of asylum seekers, the member states agreed on the reinforcement of their external borders. This (…)

mardi 11 juin 2019

European defence : advances were made, but where are they headed ?

Since 2016, the European Union has changed its paradigm in the field of defence. But how can we give body and life to this Security and Defence Union ? Only a true European defence project may ensure an overall coherence, and this will be the mission of the next Commission. After decades of (…)

vendredi 10 mai 2019

Artificial intelligence and the future of work : which European way ?

Beyond illusory prophecies on the “end of work”, it appears that the astounding development of artificial intelligence (AI) will disrupt our relation to work. This article comes back to the [seminar-> http://confrontations.org/events/seminaire-ia-competences “Artificial intelligence and the (…)

jeudi 2 mai 2019

The Romanian government’s attacks against the justice system reach Brussels

It had been on the table in Brussels for more than thirty years : the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) will finally become effective and fight financial crimes. As traditionally Eurosceptic (and even illiberal) countries do not want to take part in it, the appointment of EPPO’s chief took a particular turn, in a context of fight against corruption and of acerbic plots of low-down political revenge.

jeudi 25 avril 2019

Fridays for Future – When politics fail

The youth strikes for climate have gathered pupils and students in the streets worldwide, every Friday since last August, when Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish school student, initiated the movement in Sweden. The movement peaked on 15 March, with the world school strike for climate. According to Greenpeace, 1.6 million young people left their schools or universities to demonstrate around the world in more than 110 countries. The next global youth strike for climate is planned for 24 May.

mercredi 24 avril 2019
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