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Europe is at a turning point. After the financial crisis and the ongoing refugees crisis, which showed the limits
of today's union based on national interests and the lack of European solidarity, the Brexit vote put into
question the very essence of the European project: our unity.
The only way to tackle these and a growing number of other global, regional and local challenges while preserving our principles is to work together as Europeans without falling into the trap of nationalism and populism. To do so, we must rediscover the founding principles of the European project and tackle the most pressing of our European crises: the lack of long-term vision of where we are heading.
Aware of the need to "federate the federalists" - already identified as a key objective at the last convention and determined to engage citizens more actively and directly in the European project, the 6th European federalist convention will be the occasion to present a new approach for citizens' participation at European level,
reinforce our cooperation Europe-wide with other like-minded movements and discuss together about our
future priorities!
(English version above)
L'Europe est un tournant. Aprs la crise financire, la crise des rfugis a montr les limites de l'union d'aujourd'hui, fonde sur lunique dfense des intrts nationaux et un manque de solidarit europenne patent.
Le vote sur le Brexit a remis en question l'essence mme du projet europen : notre unit.
La seule faon de lutter contre ces drives et de contribuer rsoudre les autres dfis mondiaux, rgionaux
et locaux, tout en prservant nos principes, est de travailler ensemble en tant qu'Europens, sans tomber
dans le pige du nationalisme et du populisme.
Pour ce faire, nous devons retrouver les principes fondateurs du projet europen, moyen vident pour rsoudre les crises europennes, et combler le manque de vision long terme qui devient dramatique.

Conscients de la ncessit de fdrer les fdralistes - objectif cl dj identifi lors du dernier congrs - et
dtermins engager les citoyens plus directement et activement dans le projet europen, la 6me convention fdraliste europenne sera l'occasion de prsenter et discuter dune nouvelle approche permettant
une participation beaucoup plus active des citoyens au niveau europen, de renforcer notre coopration
l'chelle europenne avec d'autres mouvements, et enfin de discuter ensemble de nos futures priorits!

AGENDA

Friday, 2 December 2016 (optional)

19:00-22:00

Dinner (EFP, Stand Up and USE Now members only)

Saturday, 3 December 2016

9:00-9:30

Welcome and Registration

9:30-10:15

Convention Opening: Plenary session (Open to the public)

Presentation of the programme of the day : B. Gyvai, General Secretary of Stand Up for Europe
Introductory remarks :
R. Laub, President of Stand Up for Europe
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P. de Matteis, President of the European Federalist Party

D. Zhlke, USE Now, spokesperson

N. Gherman, former Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova,

Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of
Moldova for the Association Agreement with the European Union
10:15-11:30 Parallel session A: Stand Up Conference
Parallel session B: European Federalist
(Open to the public)
Party Convention (EFP Members only)
The citizen engagement in the European debate
Past, present and future for the European
Federalist
Party: what we learned and how to
Moderator: Jacques De Ridder, Board member
improve our impact?
Stand Up for Europe
Speakers:
- P. Goldschmidt, member of Thomas More
Institute and former Director of Financial
Services unit, European Commission
- P. Defraigne, Executive-Director of Madariaga
Centre College of Europe and Honorary
General-Director of the European Commission

Speakers:
Members the Board of the EFP Representatives from the local sections -

Discussion with EFP members on the need to

federate
the federalists at a time of crisis of the
- C. Rolin, MEP, European Peoples Party, member
European project
of CDH and former unionist in the Christian
Confederation Union

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 13:30 Team work exercise: Meta-plan and working groups (Open to the public)
Animator: R. Vaxelaire, Vice-President, Stand Up for Europe
13:30 14:30

Lunch

14:30 17:30 European Federalist Convention: Plenary session (EFP, Stand Up, USE NOW members only)
Agenda :

Explanation of the convention formalities and voting procedures.

Adoption of the revised statutes
Adoption of the new Stand Up programme (adoption or rejection of resolutions presented and
sent in advance, before November 20)

Adoption of the new logo

Adoption of the accounts and of the budget

Election of the new board and of the auditor:

(vote on the applications sent before November 20)
17:45 18:00 Closing remarks (EFP, Stand Up, USE Now members only)
President of Stand Up for Europe
18:00

End of the Convention

Sunday, 4 December 2016 (tbc)

9:00 13:00

Working Groups (EFP, Stand Up and USE Now members only)

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