« 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

October 30, 2015: Three years without Franck, three years of loyalty to Franck30 octobre 2015 : Trois ans sans Franck, trois ans de fidélité à Franck

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Dear Franck,

It is the third time that October 30 occurs, that date when you decided to leave us.

Three years without you.

Yet nobody can accuse us of not having picked up the gauntlet of your succession!

During your four years of illness, you concentrated your activity on writing your publication, the Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin, one of your greatest successes, which provided you with a powerful loudspeaker and a miraculous funding source.

You also focused more on your family, aware that you would perhaps not be with them much longer.

At the same time, you were still building the bricks of the edifice you were going to leave us with: Anticipolis, FEFAP, IRPA, the Euro-BRICS project, the political anticipation training … a wide range of projects/organizations that you started/created with us during those four years of illness.

Your wish, thus clearly expressed, that there had to be an after-you era, we heard it well and we put on your giant boots, we your family, your close friends, your most loyal road companions, together in order to be stronger, together in order to stay closer to your ideas, your vision, your values.

We therefore created an Association for your Friends, collectively responsible to share, bring forward and protect your life work.

For three years now, there is one word characterizing all our work: loyalty.

But loyalty also requires vigilance: not to betray your vision, your mind, your principles, your feelings, or your friends … we must consequently talk to each other and question ourselves.

Not losing track with your vision, here is one of the permanent challenges we must face… constantly going back to the essence of your ideas: a democratic Europe, vector of peace on its territory and around it, a Europe open to the world, connected to its evolution, strong of its values, positively influential on the international stage, respectful of the diversity which its integration project set at the very heart of its identity, independent by its balanced relations to the world …

Not losing track with your action principles: independence, lack of compromise, independence, integrity, independence… so dearly paid by you, something we already knew but which we now experience ourselves …

But straight in your boots, closer than ever to you, we feel pride and joy in defending this independence, your independence, your free-thinking, free-acting, free-staying focussed … we even feel pride and joy in adressing the attempts of appropriation and hijacking of your image, of your name, of your projects… that the successes we met in the past three year are beginning to generate around us nowadays.

Thus, the more we move on, the more we become you … for better or for worse, for the beauty of the aims or for the obstacles on the road that leads to them. In a way, if we were not to meet those obstacles after three years of hard work, it would have meant that we failed to be your worthy successors.

Franck, thank you for all you gave us. Deserving the responsibility of your legacy helps us grow each day.

With all our love, friendship and respect,

Your loyal Friends

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Cher Franck,

Trois fois déjà que revient cette date du 30 octobre à laquelle tu décidais de nous quitter.

Trois ans sans toi.

Mais personne ne pourra nous accuser de ne pas avoir relevé le gant de ta succession !

Pendant tes quatre années de maladie, tu as recentré ton activité sur la rédaction de ta publication, le GlobalEurope Anticipation Bulletin, l’un de tes plus grands succès, qui t’a fourni un puissant porte-voix et une miraculeuse source de financement.

Tu t’es également recentré sur ta famille, conscient que tu n’en profiterais peut-être plus très longtemps.

Mais, en même temps, tu continuais à construire les briques de l’édifice avec lequel tu allais nous laisser : Anticipolis, FEFAP, IRPA, le projet Euro-BRICS, la formation à l’anticipation politique… autant de projets/organisations que tu as lancés/créés avec nous pendant ces quatre années de maladie.

La volonté, que tu exprimais ainsi clairement, qu’il devait y avoir un après-toi, nous l’avons entendue et nous avons chaussé tes bottes de géant, nous ta famille, tes proches amis, tes plus fidèles compagnons de route, ensemble pour être plus forts, ensemble pour rester plus au plus près de tes idées, de ta vision, de tes valeurs.

Nous avons donc créé l’Association de tes Amis, collégialement responsable de faire connaître, de poursuivre et de protéger ton œuvre.

Depuis trois ans, un mot caractérise toute notre action : fidélité.

Or la fidélité requiert de la vigilance aussi : pour ne pas trahir ta vision, ton esprit, tes principes, tes sentiments, tes amis aussi… nous devons nous consulter et nous questionner régulièrement.

Ne pas perdre le fil de ta vision, tel est l’un des défis permanents que nous devons relever… revenir à la quintessence de tes idées : une Europe démocratique, vectrice de paix chez elle et autour d’elle, ouverte au monde, en phase avec les évolutions, forte de ses valeurs, positivement influente sur la scène internationale, respectueuse de la diversité que son projet d’intégration a mis au cœur de son identité, indépendante par le rééquilibrage de ses relations au monde…

Ne pas perdre le fil de tes principes d’action : l’indépendance, l’absence de compromis, l’indépendance, la droiture, l’indépendance… si chère payée par toi, nous le savions déjà et nous l’expérimentons aujourd’hui…

Mais dans tes bottes, au plus près de toi, nous trouvons de la fierté et de la joie à défendre cette indépendance, ton indépendance, ta liberté de penser, d’agir et de maintenir le cap coûte que coûte… et à résister aux tentatives de récupération et de détournement de ton image, de ton nom et de tes projets que les succès rencontrés depuis trois ans commencent à cristalliser autour de nous désormais.

Ainsi, plus nous avançons, plus nous devenons toi… pour le meilleur et pour le pire, pour la beauté des objectifs et pour les obstacles sur la route qui y mène. Mais en fait, si nous ne commencions pas à rencontrer ces difficultés après trois ans de travail acharné, c’est sans doute que nous aurions échoué à te succéder.

Franck, merci pour tout ce que tu nous as laissé, mériter la responsabilité de ton héritage nous grandit chaque jour.

Avec tout notre amour, notre amitié et notre respect

Tes Amis fidèles

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