« 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

Christel Hahn (DE), “Franck with Political Anticipation showed that the future can be owned by creating it”Christel Hahn (DE), “Franck with Poltical Anticipation showed that the future can be owned by creating it”

Christel Hahn, Member of the AAFB Board, president of IRPA (Internationaler Rat für politische Antizipation)

ChristelIts five years now, since Franck left us. Ironically, in the memory of his untimely death, I want to write about, that he has contributed to giving us a future. Maybe his sickness, that he was aware of since his student age, has motivated him for this endavour?

We, the people living in Europe, for the past few hundred years did not own our future. Many learned people, who might speak intelligent things, continue to say, that nothing can be said about the future. This belief is one of our deep routed beliefs.

But this also means, that our future belonged to the gods and their representatives on earth. It was shaped and created by those, who devised and implemented long-term strategies.

Franck with Poltical Anticipation showed, that a lot can be said about the future. And for 11 years now, the GEAB has been the „living proof“, that the future can be systematically and rationally explored. That does not mean, that the GEAB is 100% correct, in what it says. It did have many short-comings, but the good thing about these short-comings is, that they were analyzed (a yearly retrospective is part of the GEAB) and used to improve the work. So the GEAB has really made a dent into this belief, that the future is unknown.

But Franck and his work have also shown, that the future can be owned by creating it. Franck and the GEAB have been always outlining the possible scenarios and then arguing (and working) for the desirable scenario. That is the meaning of Political Anticipation, anticipation through action.

So we can also say, that Franck has helped to create the ongoing efforts to finally democratize Europe. Franck has left us, but his work has been helping and is still helping to create our common future.

Thank you Franck,

Christel Hahn

SONY DSCChristel Hahn, with Franck Biancheri – The German candiadtes for Newrop2009 elections (from left to right: Detlef Winkler, Jan Pasch, Margit Reiser-Schober, Franck Biancheri, Christel Hahn, Ralf Pichler)

Christel Hahn, Member of the AAFB Board, president of IRPA (Internationaler Rat für politische Antizipation)

ChristelIts five years now, since Franck left us. Ironically, in the memory of his untimely death, I want to write about, that he has contributed to giving us a future. Maybe his sickness, that he was aware of since his student age, has motivated him for this endavour?

We, the people living in Europe, for the past few hundred years did not own our future. Many learned people, who might speak intelligent things, continue to say, that nothing can be said about the future. This belief is one of our deep routed beliefs.

But this also means, that our future belonged to the gods and their representatives on earth. It was shaped and created by those, who devised and implemented long-term strategies.

Franck with Poltical Anticipation showed, that a lot can be said about the future. And for 11 years now, the GEAB has been the „living proof“, that the future can be systematically and rationally explored. That does not mean, that the GEAB is 100% correct, in what it says. It did have many short-comings, but the good thing about these short-comings is, that they were analyzed (a yearly retrospective is part of the GEAB) and used to improve the work. So the GEAB has really made a dent into this belief, that the future is unknown.

But Franck and his work have also shown, that the future can be owned by creating it. Franck and the GEAB have been always outlining the possible scenarios and then arguing (and working) for the desirable scenario. That is the meaning of Political Anticipation, anticipation through action.

So we can also say, that Franck has helped to create the ongoing efforts to finally democratize Europe. Franck has left us, but his work has been helping and is still helping to create our common future.

Thank you Franck,

Christel Hahn

SONY DSCChristel Hahn, with Franck Biancheri – The German candiadtes for Newrop2009 elections (from left to right: Detlef Winkler, Jan Pasch, Margit Reiser-Schober, Franck Biancheri, Christel Hahn, Ralf Pichler)