Franck Biancheri
1961-2012

Franck Biancheri

Political thinker acting for Europe in the service of its citizens.
Without him yesterday, no Erasmus today.

« 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

Marianne Ranke Cormier

“Only one country comes back… and everything is repopulated! The return of Spain to Europe relaunches European integration”. Franck Biancheri, 2003 (French)“Un seul pays revient… et tout est repeuplé! Le retour de l’Espagne vers l’Europe relance l’intégration européenne”. Franck Biancheri, 2003

Archives Franck Biancheri /

With the EU under the control of anti-democratic and xenophobic forces: We will have Europe; but we will have lost democracy!   Le rejet par les Espagnols d’une politique qui les éloignait de l’Europe et les entraînait dans les chimères d’un avenir fantasmatique, à la croisée de Charles Quint et de Franco, confirme qu’il bouleverse […]

“Only one country comes back… and everything is repopulated! The return of Spain to Europe relaunches European integration”. Franck Biancheri, 2003 (French)“Un seul pays revient… et tout est repeuplé! Le retour de l’Espagne vers l’Europe relance l’intégration européenne”. Franck Biancheri, 2003 Read More »

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.Chaque état est une minorité dans l’UE… Quoiqu’il en soit, n’oublions pas que si tous nos Etats ont rejoint la construction de l’UE … c’est parce qu’ils se sentaient tous trop petits pour faire face seuls à leur avenir et au reste du monde.

Quote of the month /

Franck Biancheri: “Size does not matter any more in the EU” (30/01/2003)Franck Biancheri: “Dans l’UE ce n’est plus la taille qui compte” (30/01/2003)

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.Chaque état est une minorité dans l’UE… Quoiqu’il en soit, n’oublions pas que si tous nos Etats ont rejoint la construction de l’UE … c’est parce qu’ils se sentaient tous trop petits pour faire face seuls à leur avenir et au reste du monde. Read More »

“Size does not matter any more in the EU” – Franck Biancheri, 2003“Dans l’UE ce n’est plus la taille qui compte” – Franck Biancheri, 2003

Archives Franck Biancheri /

  Paris, 30/01/2003– Franco – German proposals, Commission or Council, rotating or stable Council Presidency, structure of the European Parliament, … most of the European debate seems to be seen through the prism of Member States size. But ‘Small or big?’, is it still a relevant question? Every state is a minority in the EU

“Size does not matter any more in the EU” – Franck Biancheri, 2003“Dans l’UE ce n’est plus la taille qui compte” – Franck Biancheri, 2003 Read More »

Franck Biancheri Award: Opening speech in Salerno (It) by Prof. Virgilio D’Antonio

Activities, AEGEE, Erasmus, Franck Biancheri Year /

Personalities like Biancheri today are lacking, they lack a lot, in Europe but not only in Europe.   He was a visionary and an innovator: in the sign of our Sofia Corradi (« mamma Erasmus »), he saw, among the very first, in the students, in European students the matrices of the future European people.  

Franck Biancheri Award: Opening speech in Salerno (It) by Prof. Virgilio D’Antonio Read More »

Franck Biancheri’s friends pay tribute to Nicole Fontaine, citizen for Europe, former president of the European ParliamentLes Amis de Franck Biancheri rendent hommage à Nicole Fontaine, citoyenne pour l’Europe, ancienne présidente du Parlement Européen

In memoriam /

“A Union that is sick by its deficit of democracy” – For Nicole Fontaine, among the causes of the crisis in Europe: technocracy, ultraliberalism, the lack of leadership that led to the mismanagement of several crises (Greek, migration, etc.) but also and above all the errors in the explanation of the European construction: to speak

Franck Biancheri’s friends pay tribute to Nicole Fontaine, citizen for Europe, former president of the European ParliamentLes Amis de Franck Biancheri rendent hommage à Nicole Fontaine, citoyenne pour l’Europe, ancienne présidente du Parlement Européen Read More »

A feedback on the activities of the Friends of Franck Biancheri for a month: Salerno, Brussels, Krakow, Milan, Bergamo, ParisUn petit retour en images sur les activités des Amis de Franck Biancheri depuis un mois: Salerno, Bruxelles, Cracovie, Milan, Bergamo, Paris

Activités, Franck Biancheri Year, Réseau Franck Biancheri /

In one month the association of the Friends of Franck Biancheri was welcomed on various events in Europe. A tour in pictures: ■ From 13 to 15 April: FB Award 2018 in Salerno on the subject “Representation NEEDS participation” The Franck Biancheri Award was won this year by the AEGEE-Salerno antena. Marie-Hélène Caillol, president of

A feedback on the activities of the Friends of Franck Biancheri for a month: Salerno, Brussels, Krakow, Milan, Bergamo, ParisUn petit retour en images sur les activités des Amis de Franck Biancheri depuis un mois: Salerno, Bruxelles, Cracovie, Milan, Bergamo, Paris Read More »

[foodforthought on May 9th] The experience of the ECSC, lessons for Europe today (Marianne Ranke-Cormier)[foodforthought pour le 9 mai] La CECA, leçons pour l’Europe d’aujourd’hui (Marianne Ranke-Cormier)

Tribunes /

Trump threats Europe with a trade war on steel and aluminum tariffs, the East and West European countries tear themselves apart because of the Nord Stream pipeline, the situation on Iran endangers the last Euro-Iran agreements, gas and oil … today Europe’s Achilles’ heel is still steel and energy… all this to remind us on

[foodforthought on May 9th] The experience of the ECSC, lessons for Europe today (Marianne Ranke-Cormier)[foodforthought pour le 9 mai] La CECA, leçons pour l’Europe d’aujourd’hui (Marianne Ranke-Cormier) Read More »

Three lies about the EU budget which our politicians keep on using (Franck Biancheri, 2005)[EN] Budget européen: ces trois mensonges dont abusent nos politiciens (Franck Biancheri, 2005)

Archives Franck Biancheri /

“Neo-liberal policies killed the process by leaving big corporations free to cash in the profits without giving back taxes, nor jobs in the net contributors countries. No surprise that therefore citizens in the same countries start to be reluctant to keep on paying.” (Franck Biancheri, 06/12/2005) [divider] This week was the presentation of the next

Three lies about the EU budget which our politicians keep on using (Franck Biancheri, 2005)[EN] Budget européen: ces trois mensonges dont abusent nos politiciens (Franck Biancheri, 2005) Read More »

EU-budget: Neo-liberal policies killed the process by leaving big corporations free to cash in the profits without giving back taxes, nor jobs in the net contributors countries. No surprise that therefore citizens in the same countries start to be reluctant to keep on paying.Budget européen: Les politiques néo-libérales ont tué le processus en laissant les grandes entreprises libres d’encaisser les bénéfices sans reverser d’impôts, ni de créer d’emplois dans les les pays contributeurs nets. Pas étonnant que les citoyens dans ces mêmes pays soient réticents à continuer à payer.

Quote of the month /

Franck Biancheri in “Three lies about the EU budget which our politicians keep on using” (06/12/2005)Franck Biancheri, 06/12/2005 dans: “Budget européen: ces trois mensonges dont abusent nos politiciens”

EU-budget: Neo-liberal policies killed the process by leaving big corporations free to cash in the profits without giving back taxes, nor jobs in the net contributors countries. No surprise that therefore citizens in the same countries start to be reluctant to keep on paying.Budget européen: Les politiques néo-libérales ont tué le processus en laissant les grandes entreprises libres d’encaisser les bénéfices sans reverser d’impôts, ni de créer d’emplois dans les les pays contributeurs nets. Pas étonnant que les citoyens dans ces mêmes pays soient réticents à continuer à payer. Read More »

The euro, a strategic challenge in the upcoming European Election – Communiqué LEAP2020L’euro, enjeu stratégique des prochaines élections européennes – Communiqué LEAP2020

Réseau Franck Biancheri /

Paris, 24/04/2018 – Yesterday in Brussels, the launch conference of the Special Review “Euroland at a crossroads” (organised by LEAP with the support of the EIB and the Ceci n’est pas une crise Foundation) brought together about sixty representatives of civil society and political groups on the one hand, and of banks and institutions on

The euro, a strategic challenge in the upcoming European Election – Communiqué LEAP2020L’euro, enjeu stratégique des prochaines élections européennes – Communiqué LEAP2020 Read More »

« 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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