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Our next events for members:

Thur., 9 Dec. |   What is the CoFoE ? (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)  - Florence Vistors Centre and online

Thu., 16 Dec. |  Europe in an Age of Risk Lecture (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) - Brussels Press Club and online

New Europeans International is a not-for profit international association founded in 2017 and based at the Press Club Brussels Europe (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) .

Our sister organisation New Europeans UK (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) was set up in 2013 in London and is a registered charity working for the rights of EU citizens in the UK.

Our mission is to work for a Europe of the citizens, a democratic Europe of equality and social justice anchored in human rights. 

Read more | Campaign for a European Health Union (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

This year we have successfully campaigned for a European Health Union (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), and an online digital platform to widen participation in the Conference on the Future of Europe (Europe Future Fringe (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)).

Our European Green Card (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) proposal to ringfence citizens' rights has helped lead to the introduction of the EU's COVID Green Pass  to safeguard freedom of movement during the pandemic.

We are funded by subscriptions, donations and small grants. With your help we can do more.  If you have not yet done so, why not sign up as a member today?

You will be joining a great network of pro-Europeans, supporting our work to safeguard rights in Europe and making sure we all we all have a voice in the conversation about the future of Europe. 

(NB: Europe is wider than the EU and you do not have to be an EU citizen or live in the EU to join New Europeans International. If you are already a member of New Europeans UK you are also an honorary member of New Europeans International and do not need to sign up twice).

Join our movement today (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)!

Our top stories

People in Europe are being targeted for helping refugees and migrants

We have been asked by Amnesty International to pass on this article about how people who help refugees and migrants are being threatened, smeared, intimidated, harassed, and dragged through the courts to face punishment simply for helping others in need. 

Find out more |  Read here (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

Too many crimes against journalists still go unpunished

To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, UNESCO held a convention at the Syracuse International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights. The conference was organised by the Italian NGO Ossigeneo per l'Informazione.

To waatch the event |  Click here (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

Palermo transnational declaration against the climate emergency

Paco Baca | Cartoon Movement (with thanks to @Voxeurop)

A few days before the opening of COP26, the Citizens Take Over Europe (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)alliance of which New Europeans is a part, called citizens together  from across Europe in Palermo, Italy, to finalise the Palermo Transnational Declaration Against the Climate Catastrophe (Öffnet in neuem Fenster). 

Our call for COP26 to take urgent action to avoid climate catastrophe includes a demand that the global approach to tackling climate change be democratised.

Find out more | Read here (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

The Friday Casebook

If you missed the latest Friday Casebook, catch up here with our regular take on the week in Europe presented by Roger Casale and Lena Kronenbürger.

Munich cancels its famous Christmas market for the second year running, while Trump continues to plot his way back to the White House and Viktor Orban wants the votes of people who no longer live at their given address - meanwhile, young idealists helping refugees face trial in Greece.

Watch the Friday Casebook here (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

Projects and campaigns

European Republic Cafes

New Europeans is working with our partner organisation ACMOS (Turin),  on the EU-RE-CA project (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)to create a network of cafés across Europe which can be meeting points for pro-Europeans who want to discuss the future of Europe.

Photo: Acmos Turin  - a non-partisan association that promotes the inclusion and participation of young people in democratic life. 

Our idea is to create a network of “European Republican Cafés” across Europe.

Cafés will be places where European citizens can regularly and informally meet, embody the European feeling and debate on the future of Europe. 

In these cafés, debates will be organized on the proposal of the European Republic to collect ideas and values for a new European Constitution and implement proposals for new policies. 

The meetings in the Cafés will also be an occasion to update citizens on the results of the Conference on the Future of Europe.

If you would like to find out more and/or organise an event yourself, please contact us at: registrar@neweuropeans.net

Assemblies of Solidarity

New Europeans is continuing to work with European Alternatives (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) and the Citizens Take Over Europe (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) alliance we co-founded on a series of public meetings in 10 EU member states arranged around three key themes: democracy and citizenship, health and prosperity, environment and climate change.

Earlier this year we held an event in Athens with the Greek Refugee Forum, asking migrants and refugees about the physical, mental and emotional  challenges they had faced during the pandemic.

Read about our Athens event here (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

If you would like to find out more about Assemblies of Solidarity, please contact us at: registrar@neweuropeans.net

The Fagiolino Project

We are continuing our collaboration with the Sarzi Foundation, the Rossi-Salvemini Foundation and others to prepare a new project for the New Year  to widen participation in the Conference on the Future of Europe and mobilise public support for a European Union true to its founding values.

Photo | The puppeteer Mauro Sarzi with some of  Ernsto Rossi's puppets

If you would like to find out more about Assemblies of Soldiarity, please contact us at: registrar@neweuropeans.net

Events

What is the Conference on the Future of Europe and why does it matter? - Florence

On Thursday 9 December, the eve of the European Citizens' Panels taking place in Florence (on the weekend of 10/12 December), New Europeans and the Fondazione Rossi-Salvemini (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)will be holding a hybrid (in person and online) event about the Conference on the Future of Europe (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) and why it matters.

Find out more and register | Click here (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

Europe in an Age of Risk Lectures

Following the 'Age of Anger', it seems as if an 'Age of Risk' is slowly emerging as the dominant paradigm for Europe and the EU.

We are delighted to announce the second speaker in our lecture series on the future of Europe will be Dr Lewis Dijkstra, Head of the Economic Analysis Sector of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy in the European Commission.

This will be a hybrid event with the possibility to take part in person at the Brussels Press Club or online.

Find out more and register | Click here (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).

More about New Europeans

New Europeans is a membership organisation with branches across Europe, not just in the EU and internationally.

New Europeans International is a not-for profit international association founded in 2017 and based at the Press Club Brussels Europe - our mission is to work for a Europe of the citizens, a democratic Europe of equality and social justice anchored in human rights.

In 2019, New Europeans was awarded the Schwarzkopf Young Europe Award (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)for our Green Card for Europe proposal.

New Europeans UK is a registered charity founded in 2013 and  based in London whose mission is to give EU citizens in the UK a voice, support EU citizens and their communities in accessing their rights post Brexit. For more information about New Europeans in the United Kingdom, click here (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).

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