European Federalist Party (2011)
| European Federalist Party European Federalist Party, Parti Fédéraliste Européen, Partido Federalista Europeo, Europese Federalistische Partij, Partito Federalista Europeo, Europejska Partia Federalistyczna, Ευρωπαϊκό Φεντεραλιστικό Κόμμα, Eвропeйска Пиропeйска Пиропeйска |
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| Party leader | Yves Gernigon |
| founding | November 6, 2011 |
| Place of foundation | Paris |
| Headquarters | Brussels |
| Alignment | European federalism |
| Website | http://www.eurofederalistparty.eu/ |
The European Federalist Party (short name: EFP ) is a political party that operates across Europe . It aims for a federal European state . The party emerged on November 6, 2011 from the merger of the French party Parti Fédéraliste (PF) and the pan-European network Europe United . The PF took part in the European elections in France in 1999 and 2004 . The EFP competed in five countries in the 2014 European elections and plans to take part in the 2019 European elections .
Predecessor organizations
Parti fédéraliste
The Parti fédéraliste was founded in 1995 by Jean-Philippe Allenbach. She represented federalist positions in European politics. It ran for the first time in 1998 in regional elections and reached up to 3.87% in individual regions. In 2004 she competed in four regions. In 2010 they only competed in Upper Normandy. The 1999 European elections achieved 0.1%. For the 2004 European elections, the party ran nationwide and achieved results between 0.01% and 0.04%. In 2009, the PF lists for the European elections consisted of candidates of different nationalities from all over Europe. The lists were rejected because, in the opinion of the electoral office, the necessary documents could not be submitted in time. In the national parliamentary elections in 2002, 93 PF candidates ran.
Chair:
- Jean-Philippe Allenbach (1995-2005)
- Christian Chavrier (2005-2007)
- Michel Le Tallec (2007-2009)
- Yves Gernigon (2009-2011)
Europe United
Europe United - The European Party (in Germany: United Europe ) was founded in 2005 by Aki Paasovaara after the European constitution was rejected in referendums in France and the Netherlands . In September 2005 the party was registered as a political association in Denmark. In 2006, the Group entered United for Europe by Pietro De Matteis at the association. In the summer of 2008, the party's first national chapter was founded in Germany. The party wanted to run with five candidates across Europe for the 2009 European elections, but was ultimately unable to run.
Chair:
- Aki Paasovaara (2005-2007)
- Mikael Latreille (2007-2009)
- Bengt Beier (2009-2011)
history
PF and Europe United merge
The EFP was founded at a meeting on November 6, 2011 in Paris. Yves Gernigon and Pietro De Matteis became joint chairmen. Both were at the meeting on 3/4. Confirmed in office in Rome November 2012. In the parliamentary elections in France in 2012 , 15 candidates ran for the Parti Fédéraliste Européen .
The Dutch chapter was founded on May 17th, 2012 and the British chapter of the EFP on December 2nd, 2012. The German chapter was founded as a party on October 5, 2013, but split off at the end of 2014 under the name Die Europapartei .
European elections 2014 and following years
For the 2014 European elections, the EFP had planned to run across Europe as far as possible. In France , the EFP ran in all constituencies. In Italy , the EFP participated in the liberal electoral alliance Scelta Europa . The Greek chapter worked with the Drasi party . In Portugal , the EFP participated with a member of the Partido Democrático do Atlântico in the electoral alliance A Nossa Europa . In Belgium , the EFP competed together with Stand Up for the United States of Europe . In Austria , Bengt Beier was on the list of the NEOS party . In Germany, the organization Voice for Europe was supported, but was unable to collect the necessary support signatures.
The Greek chapter cooperated with the social democratic PASOK in the parliamentary elections in Greece in January 2015 and put several candidates on the PASOK list.
Merger and division
On December 13, 2016, the EFP merged with the Stand Up for the United States of Europe and United States of Europe Now movements under the name Stand Up For Europe . The merger of the three organizations was planned in the medium term. While the management team of the EFP switched to Stand Up For Europe, some of the national chapters of the EFP remained active under their previous name. The new chairman of the entire EFP was the chairman of the French Parti Fédéraliste, Yves Gernigon.
The EFP ran for the 2019 European elections in France and received 12,146 votes (0.05%).
Known members
- Marco Pannella († 2016)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c History. In: European Federalist Party. European Federalist Party, accessed April 18, 2018 .
- ^ EFP Newsletter - November 2012. Results of the 2nd Federal Convention: new Board and Manifesto. In: European Federalist Party. European Federalist Party, November 30, 2012, accessed April 12, 2019 (British English, date from URL).
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ EFP Newsletter: March 2014 - Get ready to vote! In: European Federalist Party. European Federalist Party, March 21, 2014, accessed April 15, 2019 (British English, date from URL).
- ↑ http://www.treffpunkteuropa.de/foderalisten-bundeln-krafte-stand-up-for-europe
