« 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

[:en]Handover of the Franck Biancheri archives to the Jean Monnet Foundation. In pictures[:fr]Remise des archives Franck Biancheri à la Fondation Jean Monnet. Retour en images[:]

[:en]Six years after the death of Franck Biancheri, the Association of his Friends is still working to perpetuate the memory of his immense work and on 22 March 2019 we took an important step in this direction, thanks to the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe, which did us the honour of welcoming the archives of […]

[:en]Handover of the Franck Biancheri archives to the Jean Monnet Foundation. In pictures[:fr]Remise des archives Franck Biancheri à la Fondation Jean Monnet. Retour en images[:] Read More »

[:en]“Founders” think the future without being blinded by the past or future[:fr]Les ” fondateurs ” pensent l’avenir sans être aveuglés par le passé et le présent[:]

[:en] Jean Monnet, the inspirator and leading architect of the project, had to fight to overcome resistances, conformism, habits, and impose the foundations of the Community architecture and method. This quote is taken from an article by Franck Biancheri of 19 October 2001 “Switching from EU to Euroland Daring the future” (you can read an

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[:en]Happy birthday, Franck![:fr]Bon anniversaire Franck ![:]

[:en]Franck Biancheri would have been 58 years old today. This year, his friends, gathered in Association to preserve, promote and defend his immense heritage, have a beautiful gift to offer to his memory. Indeed, we are currently taking an important step forward in the process of recognising Franck’s immense contribution to European history thanks to

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[:en]Little political comments from a Euro-citizen (3) – Franck Biancheri (2004)[:fr]Petits commentaires politiques d’un Euro-Citoyen (3) – Franck Biancheri (2004)[:]

[:en]Barely 6 weeks after the European elections, the spectacle of the EU political system becomes pathetic. Once again, a combined election between the EPP and the PES to share the influence and financial resources allocated to the groups dominating the Strasbourg assembly: without common political objectives or common legislative programmes, of course. How could the

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[:en] Franck Biancheri: EU’s man in Washington should be a politician not a bureaucrat (2004)[:fr]Franck Biancheri: Le représentant de l’UE à Washington doit être un homme politique et non un bureaucrate (2004)[:]

[:en] Not only will a European politician as EU ambassador to Washington show US officials, media and experts that the EU is not only a bureaucratic machine; but the individual will also be able to reach larger segments of the US population to convey European opinions, analyses and visions. “Washington restores status of EU mission

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[:en]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[:fr]La réflexion sur l’avenir n’a de sens que si elle est permet de mieux réfléchir sur le présent et les tendances qui le façonnent [:]

[:en]Franck Biancheri – November 1998 in “How Europe could end up in the hands of the post modern great grand sons of Hitler, Franco, Mussolini and Petain“[:fr]Franck Biancheri – Novembre 1998 dans “Comment l’Europe pourrait tomber dans les mains des arrière petits-fils d’Hitler, Franco, Mussolini et Pétain”[:]

[:en]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[:fr]La réflexion sur l’avenir n’a de sens que si elle est permet de mieux réfléchir sur le présent et les tendances qui le façonnent [:] Read More »

[:en]Little political comments from a Euro-citizen (2) – Franck Biancheri (2004)[:fr]Petits commentaires politiques d’un Euro-Citoyen (2) – Franck Biancheri (2004)[:]

[:en]The European Union is increasingly shaping Portuguese political life. It has created a political crisis in Portugal by calling on its Prime Minister, Mr Barroso, to become President of the European Commission. President Sampaio chose to preserve the country’s political stability by appointing the leader of the former Prime Minister’s party as the new head

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[:en]Little political comments from a Euro-citizen (1) – Franck Biancheri (2004)[:fr]Petits commentaires politiques d’un Euro-Citoyen (1) – Franck Biancheri (2004)[:]

[:en]With an average of a dozen conferences in 3/5 different European countries per month, in front of audiences ranging from students to diplomats, from farmers to metropolitan elites, from NGO activists to businessmen, I believe that I am collecting an interesting sample of ‘European people’s wisdom,’ something that is definitely worth sharing with our Newropeans-Magazine

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[:en]Catherine Bernicchia: “Europe2014-2018” a teaching project of memory to Veterans born with the complicity of Franck Biancheri[:fr]Catherine Bernicchia: “Europe2014-2018” un projet pédagogique de mémoire aux Anciens combattants né avec la complicité de Franck Biancheri[:]

[:en]For more than seven years, Catherine Bernicchia, initiator and coordinator, has been running the project europe20142018. It took flight in these times of Anniversary of the Centenary of the Great War, a time of memory for its soldiers and a time of reflection on the peace, this peace which for us, Europeans, is the evidence

[:en]Catherine Bernicchia: “Europe2014-2018” a teaching project of memory to Veterans born with the complicity of Franck Biancheri[:fr]Catherine Bernicchia: “Europe2014-2018” un projet pédagogique de mémoire aux Anciens combattants né avec la complicité de Franck Biancheri[:] Read More »

[:en]Newsletter 01/2019: From Europe 2020 to the horizon 2040[:fr]Newsletter 01/2019: D’Europe 2020 à l’horizon 2040[:]

[:en] EDITORIAL: Last December, the Franck Biancheri Award was presented to AEGEE-Angers for its congress project “Being Franck Biancheri in 2019 … imagining the 2040 horizon” to be held from 1st to 7th July 2019 in Angers, France. As part of its continuity, the think-tank LEAP2020 (created by Franck Biancheri, initially known as Europe2020, member

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