Antidemocratic and xenophobic forces of Europe have always been attracted by the European unity dream, mystic of the imperial Rome…

2018-09-11 0 IDE / Newropeans

Contrary to what appearances make us believe, antidemocratic and xenophobic parties are not necessarily anti-European, they can even be very pro-European. in: How Europe could end up in the hands of the post modern great grand sons of Hitler, Franco, Mussolini ...

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.

2018-06-06 0 Quote of the month

Franck Biancheri: “Size does not matter any more in the EU” (30/01/2003)

EU-budget: Neo-liberal policies killed the process by leaving big corporations free to cash in the profits without giving back taxes, nor jobs in the net contributors countries. No surprise that therefore citizens in the same countries start to be reluctant to keep on paying.

2018-05-04 0 Quote of the month

Franck Biancheri in “Three lies about the EU budget which our politicians keep on using” (06/12/2005)

The euro is only an instrument…

2018-04-03 0 Quote of the month

… neutral in itself. lt is therefore useless to reject it out of hand or to praise it to the skies. lt will serve Europe according to how the politicians and peoples of Europe use it. lt could prove a ...

The current lack of respect for (European) diversity steadily increases the number of people worried about the Community process, even starting in winning numbers of young people and pro-Europeans

2018-03-07 0 Quote of the month

Franck Biancheri 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 Editions Anticipolis

Democracy is first and foremost the people’s affair -it is not civil servants who will explain to their people that they are wrong…

2018-02-02 0 Quote of the month

Franck Biancheri, 06-02-2000, in “Austria, a lesson for the EU“

“An empire is always providing platforms where conflicts and wars proliferate… an empire needs enemies, whilst a Community requires partners”

2017-12-14 0 Quote of the month

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

Europe’s history has taught us that dreams and nightmares are the two faces of the same coin (2006)

2017-11-08 0 Quote of the month

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 ...

Everybody wants to have a successful enlargement whereas it is a successful enlarged EU which is important (FB 09/2002)

2017-10-02 0 Quote of the month

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!

It is clear that the existing national political parties can not serve two masters: national and European (Franck Biancheri, IDE 1989)

2017-09-04 0 Quote of the month

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 ...

Franck Biancheri association des Amis de Franck Biancheri

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