I could witness how Jacques Chirac was a particularly effective communicator in this type of exercise. On the evening of 7 April, however, to convince, he will also need to have a clear vision of the EU he wants to ...

The idea of creating AEGEE-EUROPE was not then just to create a new European student movement, but rather to initiate an entirely new approach to the construction of Europe by starting off with young people and citizens, skirting around the ...

GEAB 137 – 15/09/2019 – Summary Bolton – World – US 2020: An American Perestroika (Free excerpt): In line with our anticipations in 2006 regarding the fall of the second half of the bipolar system centred around Russia and the ...

Back to school! So, the question that cannot be ignored: what will this European return to school look like? A short editorial by Franck Biancheri from 04/09/2007. Look for and find similarities and differences with what Franck described 12 years ...

Four « Europe2040 » sessions on Youth Participation and Democracy by AEGEE & AAFB/LEAP – Special Franck Biancheri Award Youth is the group most concerned about the future and it is the group that has the highest potential for innovation. ...

I spent the past week debating the future of the European Union and transatlantic relations with nearly a thousand American citizens in Florida, Georgia, Indiana and finally Wisconsin. The exercise is new, but it has attracted a motivated and diverse ...

(To the attention of our political & civil society leaders)   The 2019 European Elections enter into history as the first signal of ownership of the European project by citizens. The stop to falling turnout proves that the European election ...

The moon, the space, technologies, innovation have always fascinated Franck Biancheri. In 1986 he organised the first European space weekend. He was convinced that this kind of techological challenges are the one to bring together the Europeans. Through the realisation ...

We Europeans have seen our dreams end in nightmares too often not to be suspicious. On the other hand, we hope that we can overcome the difficulties of our common future, without deluding ourselves of the difficulty of the task. ...

(french) Les nouvelles de ces dernières semaines l’illustre bien : les affaires européennes sont désormais les affaires des gens au quotidien. Ainsi, à la mi-Juillet, la Commission européenne a décidé de lancer une procédure visant à mettre en place d’ici ...