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

“LIFE 2015” International conference: a tribute paid to Franck BiancheriConférence internationale “LIFE 2015”: hommage rendu à Franck Biancheri

In memoriam /

The Association of the Friends of Franck Biancheri is proud to share this video in which Nikolai Kazantsev, from the Euro-BRICS Youth Platform, praised Franck Biancheri during the international conference LIFE (Leaderships Initiatives for Excellence) which was held from August 11th to 14th 2015 in Delhi (India) at the initiative of the World Foundation for […]

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The Euro-BRICS Youth launch their Summit’s crowd-funding campaign, with the support of LEAPLes Jeunes Euro-BRICS lancent la campagne de crowd-funding pour leur Sommet, avec le support de LEAP

Activités, Réseau Franck Biancheri /

The AAFB is delighted to provide an update on the 2nd Euro-BRICS young leaders Summit, to be held in March 2016, in New Delhi (India). This project is very important to the Franck Biancheri Networks and especially to LEAP which organised the first edition in Helsinki last June and to this world … as it

The Euro-BRICS Youth launch their Summit’s crowd-funding campaign, with the support of LEAPLes Jeunes Euro-BRICS lancent la campagne de crowd-funding pour leur Sommet, avec le support de LEAP Read More »

Les “Journées d’Automne des Amis de Franck Biancheri” (November, 21st & 22nd 2015)Les “Journées d’Automne des Amis de Franck Biancheri” (21 et 22 Novembre 2015)

Activités /

Friends of Franck’s Meetings are scheduled twice a year. They provide the opportunity for members of the association to gather as friends, to take stocks of and discuss the association’s projects and strategies as well as the projects and strategies of all the organisations comprising Franck’s legacy, and to get to know the people actively

Les “Journées d’Automne des Amis de Franck Biancheri” (November, 21st & 22nd 2015)Les “Journées d’Automne des Amis de Franck Biancheri” (21 et 22 Novembre 2015) Read More »

Franck Biancheri’s « Method of Political Anticipation » presented in an international scientific publicationLa “Méthode d’Anticipation Politique” de Franck Biancheri présente dans une publication scientifique internationale

Réseau Franck Biancheri /

The Franck Biancheri Networks’ teams working on Political Anticipation are proud to have been invited to contribute a 20-page chapter in an international scientific publication on Cognitive Systems entitled « Anticipation across disciplines » edited by world famous anticipation expert, Prof Mihai Nadin (Springer, 2015). The chapter on Political Anticipation is entitled « Political anticipation and networks : creating

Franck Biancheri’s « Method of Political Anticipation » presented in an international scientific publicationLa “Méthode d’Anticipation Politique” de Franck Biancheri présente dans une publication scientifique internationale Read More »

October 30, 2015: Three years without Franck, three years of loyalty to Franck30 octobre 2015 : Trois ans sans Franck, trois ans de fidélité à Franck

1 Comment / Activités, In memoriam /

Dear Franck, It is the third time that October 30 occurs, that date when you decided to leave us. Three years without you. Yet nobody can accuse us of not having picked up the gauntlet of your succession! During your four years of illness, you concentrated your activity on writing your publication, the Global Europe

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AAFB president visits AEGEE-Kyiv for the second time this year : for peace and democracyLa présidente de l’AAFB visite AEGEE-Kiev pour la deuxième fois cette année: pour la paix et la démocratie

Activités, Franck Biancheri Year /

The President of AAFB, Marie-Hélène Caillol, had the honour of being invited to speak in the plenary opening session of the Autumn agora of AEGEE in Kiev on October 15th. It is always a moment of emotion to see these grand-messes that AEGEE manages to organise twice a year gathering each time 500 to 800

AAFB president visits AEGEE-Kyiv for the second time this year : for peace and democracyLa présidente de l’AAFB visite AEGEE-Kiev pour la deuxième fois cette année: pour la paix et la démocratie Read More »

The “Little Blue Book” is back!Le “Petit Livre Bleu” fait son retour!

Archives Franck Biancheri, Réseau Franck Biancheri /

The AAFB, in partnership with Editions Anticipolis, is glad to announce the republication of  the “Little Blue Book” -better known as:  “The Emergence of Eurocitizens A brief history of AEGEE-Europe From its creation to April 1988“ Precisely 30 years ago, in 1985, in a Europe that was wrapping up its economic union and beginning to

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Official launch of the Franck Biancheri Award 2016!Lancement officiel du Franck Biancheri Award 2016!

Franck Biancheri Year /

To help keep Franck Biancheri’s work alive, AEGEE and AAFB (Association des Amis de Franck Biancheri) have jointly created the FRANCK BIANCHERI YEAR, in which one  (or several) AEGEE antennae organize events related to the legacy of Franck Biancheri during the whole year. Each year we call all AEGEE antennas to hand in proposals and

Official launch of the Franck Biancheri Award 2016!Lancement officiel du Franck Biancheri Award 2016! Read More »

IRPA: The FIRST International Conference on Anticipation is approachingIRPA: En préparation pour la première “Conférence Internationale en Anticipation”

Activités, Réseau Franck Biancheri /

Marie-Hélène Caillol, president of LEAP; Christel Hahn, president of IRPA and Jose Maria Compagni, president of FEFAP are going to present their papers related with Political Anticipation at the FIRST International Conference on Anticipation which will take place from the 5th to 7th of November in Trento (Italy). This conference is organized by the University

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The Europe 2020 Congress – Paris, (march 11th, 2020)Congrès Europe 2020 – Paris, (11 mars 2020)

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[divider] The EUROPE 2020 CONGRESS Paris,  March 11, 2020 5 YEAR LEFT TO ORGANIZE THE ASSESSMENT-CONGRESS AND HANDING OVER OF 35 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF EUROPE Organized by Franck Biancheri Networks [divider] September 24th, 2015 In 2020, the time will be ripe to evaluate the project initiated by Franck Biancheri in 1985,

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« 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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