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Franck Biancheri, 06-02-2000, in “Austria, a lesson for the EU“
Read More »Democracy is first and foremost the people’s affair -it is not civil servants who will explain to their people that they are wrong…
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“An empire is always providing platforms where conflicts and wars proliferate… an empire needs enemies, whilst a Community requires partners”
in, “EUROPE : COMMUNITY OR EMPIRE? Elements of reflection and principles of action for future European citizens” a path-breaking historical book by Franck Biancheri written in 1992, published by éditions Anticipolis (Dec. 2017) and now available in English
Read More »Europe’s history has taught us that dreams and nightmares are the two faces of the same coin (2006)
European totalitarian regimes love strong slogans. Remember the slogan put at the gate of concentration camps by the Nazis : “Arbeit macht Frei” – “Work makes Free”! Or the sentence you could find all over the Communist block for decades ...
Read More »Everybody wants to have a successful enlargement whereas it is a successful enlarged EU which is important (FB 09/2002)
Franck Biancheri, 08/09/2002, in How to avoid having the Copenhagen Summit go down in history as a missed opportunity: the successful enlargement of the European Union!
Read More »It is clear that the existing national political parties can not serve two masters: national and European (Franck Biancheri, IDE 1989)
Franck Biancheri, 19/02/1989 Around 30 years, this quote is soon 30 years old! And it was not just words, he did it: with IDE, Initiative for a European Democracy, the very first European political party launched by Franck Biancheri in ...
Read More »It takes teamwork to make Europe move forward. (Franck Biancheri 2005)
crédit photo Franck Biancheri Documentation On July 1st and 2nd, the Franck Biancheri Network in partnership with iCAN, the city of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve and numerous partners organised the kick off event for the #CitizensRoute73 – Horizon 2019 European Election. Following Franck ...
Read More »On the horizon with a heaven of freedom and a land of responsibility, this is perhaps the soul of Europe (Franck Biancheri, in Communauté ou Empire, 1992)
crédit photo Franck Biancheri Documentation
Read More »There is nothing like one European. The European is a team of Europeans. (Franck Biancheri, Agora Aegee-Europe, Enschede, May 2012)
This is valide for the leadership of Europe as it is valide for AEGEE. This is the only way we can imagine a European, it is a team of people from different countries, not a single man or woman. (Franck ...
Read More »Quote of the week 18/9/2014
In the modern political world, it is not the level of power that determines the capacity for action, but the legitimacy of the body which exercises and those who run it 18/09/2014 source: “Renforcer les pouvoirs ou légitimer les compétences des ...
Read More »Quote of the Week 02/05/2014
“Le istituzioni europee non sono altro che la coda del cane. In caso di conflitti culturali, non sono loro che faranno muovere i popoli, ma il contrario.” Origine: “Le scandale linguistique du site Europa : la section Jeunesse uniquement ...
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