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

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[:en]A feedback on the activities of the Friends of Franck Biancheri[:fr]Un petit retour en images sur les activités des Amis de Franck Biancheri[:]

Activités, Réseau Franck Biancheri /

[:en]∴ Board meeting in Cannes (July 2018) ∴ With AEGEE-Europe old/new CD in Brussels (July 2018) In July Marie-Hélène Caillol, Marianne Ranke-Cormier and Philippe Portalier had a meeting with the new board of AEGEE-Europe at the head office in Brussels. This was also an opportunity to discuss the history of AEGEE’s founding, the role of […]

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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 »

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 »

Franck Biancheri (2004): But what is Berlusconi playing at? Franck Biancheri (2004): Mais à quoi joue donc Silvio Berlusconi?

Archives Franck Biancheri /

… to be a “smart alec”, who is in the same time smart, funny and scheming … and very visible. The “mariole” is not the crook who disguises himself or hides himself; no, he parades himself because he knows he has an audience who loves his tricks even if it is to the detriment of

Franck Biancheri (2004): But what is Berlusconi playing at? Franck Biancheri (2004): Mais à quoi joue donc Silvio Berlusconi? Read More »

[video] NAEC-AIA seminar on the future of Europe – LEAP/AAFB/CitizensRoute/Euro-BRICS at the OECD[video] NAEC-AIA séminaire sur l’avenir de l’Europe – LEAP/AAFB/CitizensRoute/Euro-BRICS à l’OCDE

Activités, Réseau Franck Biancheri /

We wish to draw your attention to this video of a seminar on the future of Europe which took place on 16/01/2018 at the OECD. We were the only outsiders in this meeting and asked to come in numbers. So we came with a delegation of 7, including Maria Ballesteros from the AEGEE Comité directeur,

[video] NAEC-AIA seminar on the future of Europe – LEAP/AAFB/CitizensRoute/Euro-BRICS at the OECD[video] NAEC-AIA séminaire sur l’avenir de l’Europe – LEAP/AAFB/CitizensRoute/Euro-BRICS à l’OCDE Read More »

“EUROPE : COMMUNITY OR EMPIRE?” a path-breaking historical book by Franck Biancheri written in 1992 – Preface by Marianne Ranke-Cormier“EUROPE: COMMUNAUTE OU EMPIRE?” un livre historique inédit écrit par Franck Biancheri en 1992 – Préface de Marianne Ranke-Cormier

Tribunes /

Re-reading Franck Biancheri’s anticipations helps to understand the springs of failure and to build the next Europe from the lessons learned and on a much better understood foundation. This text is certainly a rough draft, but it gives a fairly precise idea of Franck Biancheri’s European genius, this great man of Europe’s history whom the

“EUROPE : COMMUNITY OR EMPIRE?” a path-breaking historical book by Franck Biancheri written in 1992 – Preface by Marianne Ranke-Cormier“EUROPE: COMMUNAUTE OU EMPIRE?” un livre historique inédit écrit par Franck Biancheri en 1992 – Préface de Marianne Ranke-Cormier Read More »

Marie-Hélène Caillol, “Rendre à Franck et aux générations Biancheri ce qui est à Franck et aux générations Biancheri”Marie-Hélène Caillol, “Rendre à Franck et aux générations Biancheri ce qui est à Franck et aux générations Biancheri”

In memoriam 2017 /

Marie-Hélène Caillol, a été la compagne de Franck Biancheri pendant plus de 20 ans, elle est la mère de leur fille Carla, et fût sa plus proche collaboratrice, présidente de l’AAFB, de LEAP2020, et éditrice du GEAB [dropcap]5[/dropcap] ans déjà que Franck nous a quitté… Nous sommes si émus de lire tous ces témoignages qui

Marie-Hélène Caillol, “Rendre à Franck et aux générations Biancheri ce qui est à Franck et aux générations Biancheri”Marie-Hélène Caillol, “Rendre à Franck et aux générations Biancheri ce qui est à Franck et aux générations Biancheri” Read More »

Léa Charlet, “les 6 dernières années de ma vie ont été façonnées par le travail de Franck.”Léa Charlet, “les 6 dernières années de ma vie ont été façonnées par le travail de Franck.”

In memoriam 2017 /

Léa Charlet, 28 ans. Son témoignage, comme tant d’autres jeunes de AEGEE-Europe ou des Euro-BRICS est la preuve que la mémoire de Franck Biancheri, fondateur de ces mouvements est bien vivante et inspirante pour la jeunesse européenne. En tant que présidente d’AEGEE-Paris, elle a rencontré Franck en 2012, très peu de temps avant son décès.

Léa Charlet, “les 6 dernières années de ma vie ont été façonnées par le travail de Franck.”Léa Charlet, “les 6 dernières années de ma vie ont été façonnées par le travail de Franck.” Read More »

Caroline Lubbers (NL), “Il sait qu’il va y arriver parce qu’il ne sait pas encore que c’est impossible”Caroline Lubbers (NL), “Il sait qu’il va y arriver parce qu’il ne sait pas encore que c’est impossible”

In memoriam 2017 /

Caroline Lubbers (NL), member of the Frabck Biancheri network, Cocoa & Chocolate expertr (Chocoa) – sustainable production – SDG’s As our collaboration started in 2010, I feel privileged to have met Franck multiple times and to have collaborated with him on various of his projects. Franck was a visionary and has opened my eyes to

Caroline Lubbers (NL), “Il sait qu’il va y arriver parce qu’il ne sait pas encore que c’est impossible”Caroline Lubbers (NL), “Il sait qu’il va y arriver parce qu’il ne sait pas encore que c’est impossible” 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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