« Antidemocratic and xenophobic forces of Europe have always been attracted by the European unity dream, the mystic of the imperial Rome»
(FB - 1998)
" Being a citizen is a voluntary act "
(FB - 2009)
"Thinking about the future only makes sense if it is aimed at improving one’s thinking about the present and about the trends at work"
(FB - 1998)
"The European project is not a dream, but a hope. It is rooted in rationality, which is not the case with dreams. We Europeans have seen our dreams end in nightmares too often not to be suspicious."
(FB - 2005)
"The strength of a network is judged at the information level of the weakest link, or more precisely the link furthest from the centre of the network."
(FB - 2004)
"Europe's destiny is escaping the two "Greats" and it will come knocking on the door of the Europeans."
(FB - 1989)
"The history of Europe is a bit like a multifaceted diamond. Everyone sees the same diamond... but no one sees exactly the same facets."
(FB - E-storia project, 2004)
"Let us dare the future as the founding fathers of Europe did"
(FB - "From EU to Euroland", 2001)
"The European citizenship can not be decreed. The European citizen can only be born..."
(FB - 1992)
"Every state is a minority in the EU. In any case, let’s not forget that if all our states went into building the EU it is because they all felt too small to face alone both their future and the rest of the world."
(FB - 2003)
"From a single (EU) Currency to a single (EU) Citizenship. The euro is only an instrument."
(FB - 1997)
"An empire is always providing platforms where conflicts and wars prolife­rate... an empire needs enemies, whilst a Community requires partners."
(FB - 1992)
"Europe’s history has taught us that dreams and nightmares are the two faces of the same coin"
(FB - “Europe is Peace” 2006)
"Everybody wants to have a successful enlargement whereas it is a successful enlarged EU which is important."
(FB - 2002)
"It is clear that the existing national political parties can not serve two masters: national and European."
(FB - IDE, 1989)
"It takes teamwork to make Europe move forward."
(FB - 2005)
"There is nothing like one European. The European is a team of Europeans... the only way we can imagine a European, it is a team of people from different countries, not a single man or woman."
(FB - Enschede (NL) 2012)
"On the horizon with a heaven of freedom and a land of responsibility, this is perhaps the soul of Europe."
(FB - 1992)
"The future challenge for the European project is not about Europe anymore, it is about the Europeans."
(FB - 2005)
"The more Brussels speaks English, the less Brussels understands the Europeans"
(FB - 2004)
"Occupy the Future of Europe!"
("What do YOU want as a future for AEGEE?" Franck Biancheri at the 2012 Agora in Enschede)
"To combine new technologies and democratic principles to succeed in the entry of European integration in the 21st century or e-democracy at the service of Euro-democracy"
(FB - EUSV, 2001)
"In the years 00 of the 21st century, democratization can only take place in the perspective of the democratic election of a European executive that remains to be invented."
(FB - EUSV, 2001)
"We must build the European Community, otherwise Europe will soon be culturally Americanised, politically Finlandised and technologically Japanised"
EGEE I, 1984

Archives Franck Biancheri

From “laissez-faire” to “let die”- Americans in distress (quotations from Franck Biancheri, 2005)

The list is long of resignations and irresponsibilities that lead from “laissez-faire” to “let die”: in one week, the whole world, including American citizens, were able to discover it live in what was until recently the richest country in the world. (Excerpts from “Katrina: Ouragan sur le néo-libéralisme” (Katrina: Hurricane on neo-liberalism) – Franck Biancheri, …

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It is now time to make the citizens the real driving force of the process of community construction. The word of the President, Franck Biancheri, on the congress EGEE1, April 16th, 1985

From the birth of an association to its first congress, especially one comparable in size to EGEE 1, there is often a fairly long time that elapses.   EGEE breaks with this “natural law”. Its first congress will coincide with its first six months of existence. Would this extraordinary evolution come from a different nature …

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Coronavirus. “The world afterwards” a concept enshrined over time by Franck Biancheri in 2010

It’s the assertion that the world after the crisis, globalized but fragmented between rival blocs, interconnected, densly populated, subject to growing dangers coming into focus, climate risks, health risks, etc…, cannot be managed like the world was in previous centuries. It’s not so much the ennemies who are the twenty-first century threats, but the common …

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Special Franck Biancheri Birthday: Coronavirus, a focus on networking

(11/03/2020) We see it, teleworking, teleconferencing, networking are taking off. Coronavirus is forcing us to invent new ways of working, of debating and exchanging information, as it brings transport to a halt and forces us to remain confined to our homes behind our computers so as not to contaminate others. Even our institutions are doing …

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NATO, gone with the wind … of history! (2008)

French President Emmanuel Macron is neither the first nor the only one to question the usefulness of NATO, even if his words have  frightened the French media (professional propagandists in the pay of whom one wonders!). This question has been a recurring one for several years. After Afghanistan, the situation is getting bogged down with …

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Balkans need an european global vision and not a cherry picking strategy

(Editorial team, 18/10/2019) An article by Euractiv France halts EU enlargement… (16/10/2019) where you can read: “Only France blocked North Macedonia, while the Netherlands and Denmark backed Skopje but opposed Tirana’s bid. Finland proposed Albania’s case to be separated from that of North Macedonia, but France disagreed.”   The Balkan countries need a global vision …

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[new in our archives] Reto2030 “El futuro de la ciencia europea, en sus manos” (the future of European sciences in their hands) El Pais, 28/04/2010[nouveau dans nos archives] Reto2030 “El futuro de la ciencia europea, en sus manos” (le futur des sciences européennes entre leurs mains) El Pais, 28/04/2010

In April 2010 the Spanish Presidency of the EU launched the project “Citizen Agenda for Science and Innovation”, “Reto2030” (Challenges2030), inviting 14 European experts, mathematicians, physicists, biologists, astronomers, architects, neuroscientists, doctors and others to present their challenge for the future of Europe in 2030. Franck Biancheri was selected alongside personalities like Norman Foster, Ferran Adrià, …

[new in our archives] Reto2030 “El futuro de la ciencia europea, en sus manos” (the future of European sciences in their hands) El Pais, 28/04/2010[nouveau dans nos archives] Reto2030 “El futuro de la ciencia europea, en sus manos” (le futur des sciences européennes entre leurs mains) El Pais, 28/04/2010 Read More »