« 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

AAFB Newsletter / July 2016Newsletter AAFB / Juillet 2016

/ / By Marianne Ranke Cormier

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FBNetwork / Lettre ouverte aux dirigeants européens: Bloquer le “coup d’états” britannique par un coup démocratique européen – Vers une première vraie élection transeuropéenne.

“Nous l’avons tous compris: le Brexit n’aboutira pas à une sortie de l’UE. Il provoque en revanche une paralysie du système décisionnel européen et sert une stratégie de prise de contrôle politique de l’UE qui n’a rien de démocratique et tout du “coup d’états”. Le fait est que la crise cataclysmique qui frappe le monde et l’UE depuis bientôt 10 ans, la gouvernance faible que l’édifice technocratique européen actuel fournit, ne suffit plus”… [lire la lettre complète]

FB Selection / How Europe in 2009 could end up in the hands of the post modern great grand sons of Hitler, Franco, Mussolini and Petain. Franck Biancheri (1998)

The scenario elaborated by Franck Biancheri in 1998 in his article “Europe in 2009 could end up in the hands of the post modern great grand sons of Hitler, Franco, Mussolini and Petain” is being realized in front of us. Franck Biancheri determined that the changeover would be when the “antidemocratic and xenophobic parties will …

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FBNetwork / Réunions stratégiques organisées début juillet en ligne et à Amsterdam

Le Réseau Franck Biancheri s’est rassemblé à deux reprises au début du mois de juillet, en ligne et à Amsterdam, afin de faire le point sur les réalisations de l’année écoulée et pour définir les priorités de l’année à venir. En bref, la priorité est donnée aux connexions avec la jeunesse (Parlement de la Jeunesse Européenne, AEGEE-Europe, la Plateforme Jeunesse Euro-BRICS, etc…). L’amélioration de la valorisation de l’héritage conceptuel de Franck Biancheri sera rendue possible grâce à des publications hebdomadaires sur le site de l’AAFB (nouvelle section “Sélection FB Doc”) d’articles de Franck en lien avec… [lire plus]

FBNetwork / Quand on parle d’Erasmus sur France Culture, forcément on parle de Franck Biancheri – Emission “Europe: Edifice en sursis” du 17/02/2016.

Une émission de France Culture en date du 17/02/2016 – conduite par Florian Delorme dont ce 3ème volet était consacré à l’identité culturelle européenne et se posait la question de savoir si Erasmus presque 30 ans après sa création aura suffit “à forger une citoyenneté européenne ?” Quand on parle d’Erasmus, forcément on parle d’AEGEE (Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe) et donc de Franck Biancheri. Merci à Florian Delorme d’avoir retenu et souligné que c’était bien l’engagement citoyen qui a porté Franck Biancheri à œuvrer pour la concrétisation du programme Erasmus, comme par la suite dans l’ensemble de ses travaux sur la démocratisation européenne […].

Réseau FB / LEAP: Membre de la World Future Studies Federation

LEAP est désormais membre de la WFSF (World Future Studies Federation)! La WFSF est une ONG mondiale, partenaire de l’UNESCO et des Nations Unies, comptant des membres dans plus de 60 pays différents. Elle rassemble des académiciens, chercheurs, étudiants, institutions etc, spécialistes des études sur le futur. La WFSF offre ainsi un forum visant à stimuler l’échange d’idées, de visions, stratégies, et alternatives concernant notre futur et les changements possibles sur le long-terme…. [lire plus]

FBNetwork / GEAB N°106: Angry nations, democratic challenges, global systemic crisis -Balkanization and returning empires in Central and Eastern Europe…

Angry nations, democratic challenges, global systemic crisis – Balkanization and returning empires in Central and Eastern Europe: the drama of the failure of European integration and of the Euro-Russian crisis The nations are angry, as anticipated in the GEAB since late 2011, and this is a logical consequence of a crisis without historical precedent, a ….

FBNetwork / LEAP: The Euroland Citizens Agora is on! Subscribe now!

With the support of AEGEE-Europe, AEGEE-Pyrreus and the Greek representation of the European Commission, the Agora will take place in Athens (October 7-10 2016). This first Agora aims at being a genuinely citizen and European contribution to the modernisation of democratic mechanisms at the age of internet and trans-national governance. Get to know this amazing project now and subscribe in numbers! In the context of the Brexit, EU democratisation is the only way out of the ignited process of nationalisation of Europe.[read more]

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FBNetwork / Euro-BRICS: LEAP president invited to head the jury of a pre-Y20 event in Shanghai next week

In the framework of LEAP’s Euro-BRICS project, our partner, the BRICS Center of Fudan University has invited Marie-Hélène Caillol as well as a dozen Euro-BRICS Youth Platform members to their 2016 edition of the “Youth Innovation Competition on Global Governance” (Shanghai, 25-29 July 2016). This event accounts among the preparatory events of Y20 (Youth Forum of the upcoming G20 in Hangzhou, CN). It is a great honour for our Youth Platform members to have been invited to….

AAFB / The Franck Biancheri Award 2016 granted to AEGEE-Cluj was an amazing success! [video]

The Franck Biancheri Award 2016 to AEGEE-Cluj was an amazing success: the need for a democratic EU in order to address properly the challenges of a borderless Europe has been clearly stated… From May 6th to 9th, three prominent members of the AAFB (Friends of Franck Biancheri Association), namely Marianne Ranke-Cormier, Geta Grama-Moldovan and Marie-Hélène ….

FB Doc Selection / Reinventing Europe: Launch of the project Europe 2020. Franck Biancheri, Athens (May 1998)

In this speech of Athens, delivered in the Congress “Reinventing Europe : Launch of the project Europe 2020” organized in May 1998 by Prometheus-Europe networks, Franck Biancheri delineates 2020 as the horizon to successfully transform Europe taking into account the challenges of history: Euro, enlargement, new century, new world … a Europe that should be democratic, …

Sélection FB Doc / [Brexit] L’Europe en partie dévastée par la crise systémique globale a plus que jamais besoin des Euro-Citoyens. Franck Biancheri (1996)

Tous les regards sont tournés vers les Britanniques qui demain, le 23 juin, voteront par référendum sur un “Brexit” ou un “Bremain” dans l’UE. Un vote qui semble, si l’on en croit les titres affolés et affolants du monde politico-médiatique en Europe et européen, sceller surtout l’avenir de l’UE bien plus que celui de la …

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FB Doc Selection / Peace in Europe = EU + Social Security. Franck Biancheri, 2008

In 2008, when the global systemic crisis slammed into Europe and the world, and started widening cracks in the European welfare systems, Franck Biancheri in an article entitled “Peace in Europe = EU + Social Security” reminded that it was “thanks to the European integration and the generalisation of social security systems that Europe managed …

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Retrouvez les dernières actualités du Réseau Franck Biancheri!

FBNetwork / Lettre ouverte aux dirigeants européens: Bloquer le “coup d’états” britannique par un coup démocratique européen – Vers une première vraie élection transeuropéenne.

“Nous l’avons tous compris: le Brexit n’aboutira pas à une sortie de l’UE. Il provoque en revanche une paralysie du système décisionnel européen et sert une stratégie de prise de contrôle politique de l’UE qui n’a rien de démocratique et tout du “coup d’états”. Le fait est que la crise cataclysmique qui frappe le monde et l’UE depuis bientôt 10 ans, la gouvernance faible que l’édifice technocratique européen actuel fournit, ne suffit plus”… [lire la lettre complète]

FB Selection / How Europe in 2009 could end up in the hands of the post modern great grand sons of Hitler, Franco, Mussolini and Petain. Franck Biancheri (1998)

The scenario elaborated by Franck Biancheri in 1998 in his article “Europe in 2009 could end up in the hands of the post modern great grand sons of Hitler, Franco, Mussolini and Petain” is being realized in front of us. Franck Biancheri determined that the changeover would be when the “antidemocratic and xenophobic parties will …

.

FBNetwork / Réunions stratégiques organisées début juillet en ligne et à Amsterdam

Le Réseau Franck Biancheri s’est rassemblé à deux reprises au début du mois de juillet, en ligne et à Amsterdam, afin de faire le point sur les réalisations de l’année écoulée et pour définir les priorités de l’année à venir. En bref, la priorité est donnée aux connexions avec la jeunesse (Parlement de la Jeunesse Européenne, AEGEE-Europe, la Plateforme Jeunesse Euro-BRICS, etc…). L’amélioration de la valorisation de l’héritage conceptuel de Franck Biancheri sera rendue possible grâce à des publications hebdomadaires sur le site de l’AAFB (nouvelle section “Sélection FB Doc”) d’articles de Franck en lien avec… [lire plus]

FBNetwork / Quand on parle d’Erasmus sur France Culture, forcément on parle de Franck Biancheri – Emission “Europe: Edifice en sursis” du 17/02/2016.

Une émission de France Culture en date du 17/02/2016 – conduite par Florian Delorme dont ce 3ème volet était consacré à l’identité culturelle européenne et se posait la question de savoir si Erasmus presque 30 ans après sa création aura suffit “à forger une citoyenneté européenne ?” Quand on parle d’Erasmus, forcément on parle d’AEGEE (Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe) et donc de Franck Biancheri. Merci à Florian Delorme d’avoir retenu et souligné que c’était bien l’engagement citoyen qui a porté Franck Biancheri à œuvrer pour la concrétisation du programme Erasmus, comme par la suite dans l’ensemble de ses travaux sur la démocratisation européenne […].

Réseau FB / LEAP: Membre de la World Future Studies Federation

LEAP est désormais membre de la WFSF (World Future Studies Federation)! La WFSF est une ONG mondiale, partenaire de l’UNESCO et des Nations Unies, comptant des membres dans plus de 60 pays différents. Elle rassemble des académiciens, chercheurs, étudiants, institutions etc, spécialistes des études sur le futur. La WFSF offre ainsi un forum visant à stimuler l’échange d’idées, de visions, stratégies, et alternatives concernant notre futur et les changements possibles sur le long-terme…. [lire plus]

FBNetwork / GEAB N°106: Angry nations, democratic challenges, global systemic crisis -Balkanization and returning empires in Central and Eastern Europe…

Angry nations, democratic challenges, global systemic crisis – Balkanization and returning empires in Central and Eastern Europe: the drama of the failure of European integration and of the Euro-Russian crisis The nations are angry, as anticipated in the GEAB since late 2011, and this is a logical consequence of a crisis without historical precedent, a ….

FBNetwork / LEAP: The Euroland Citizens Agora is on! Subscribe now!

With the support of AEGEE-Europe, AEGEE-Pyrreus and the Greek representation of the European Commission, the Agora will take place in Athens (October 7-10 2016). This first Agora aims at being a genuinely citizen and European contribution to the modernisation of democratic mechanisms at the age of internet and trans-national governance. Get to know this amazing project now and subscribe in numbers! In the context of the Brexit, EU democratisation is the only way out of the ignited process of nationalisation of Europe.[read more]

.

FBNetwork / Euro-BRICS: LEAP president invited to head the jury of a pre-Y20 event in Shanghai next week

In the framework of LEAP’s Euro-BRICS project, our partner, the BRICS Center of Fudan University has invited Marie-Hélène Caillol as well as a dozen Euro-BRICS Youth Platform members to their 2016 edition of the “Youth Innovation Competition on Global Governance” (Shanghai, 25-29 July 2016). This event accounts among the preparatory events of Y20 (Youth Forum of the upcoming G20 in Hangzhou, CN). It is a great honour for our Youth Platform members to have been invited to….

AAFB / The Franck Biancheri Award 2016 granted to AEGEE-Cluj was an amazing success! [video]

The Franck Biancheri Award 2016 to AEGEE-Cluj was an amazing success: the need for a democratic EU in order to address properly the challenges of a borderless Europe has been clearly stated… From May 6th to 9th, three prominent members of the AAFB (Friends of Franck Biancheri Association), namely Marianne Ranke-Cormier, Geta Grama-Moldovan and Marie-Hélène ….

FB Doc Selection / Reinventing Europe: Launch of the project Europe 2020. Franck Biancheri, Athens (May 1998)

In this speech of Athens, delivered in the Congress “Reinventing Europe : Launch of the project Europe 2020” organized in May 1998 by Prometheus-Europe networks, Franck Biancheri delineates 2020 as the horizon to successfully transform Europe taking into account the challenges of history: Euro, enlargement, new century, new world … a Europe that should be democratic, …

Sélection FB Doc / [Brexit] L’Europe en partie dévastée par la crise systémique globale a plus que jamais besoin des Euro-Citoyens. Franck Biancheri (1996)

Tous les regards sont tournés vers les Britanniques qui demain, le 23 juin, voteront par référendum sur un “Brexit” ou un “Bremain” dans l’UE. Un vote qui semble, si l’on en croit les titres affolés et affolants du monde politico-médiatique en Europe et européen, sceller surtout l’avenir de l’UE bien plus que celui de la …

.

FB Doc Selection / Peace in Europe = EU + Social Security. Franck Biancheri, 2008

In 2008, when the global systemic crisis slammed into Europe and the world, and started widening cracks in the European welfare systems, Franck Biancheri in an article entitled “Peace in Europe = EU + Social Security” reminded that it was “thanks to the European integration and the generalisation of social security systems that Europe managed …

.

To change your subscription, click here.

« 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

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