Kategorie: Politik in Europa

The European Parliamentary Union (EPU) was a private organization set up by Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi , who was also its Secretary General. It held its preliminary conference on 4-5 July 1947 at Gstaad , Switzerland , and followed up with its first full conference of 8 to 12 September.

Kalergi’s love is to draft a European Constitution . The EPU asked some 4000 members of Parliament of 13 European countries to decide for or against a European Federation in the framework of the United Nations. The project was criticized by Denis de Rougemont and Duncan Sandys , his-in-law of Winston Churchill , founder of the European Movement , who advocated a model based on an intergovernmental co-operation without any loss of national sovereignty. The EPU played a prominent role in the Congress of the Hague , 7-10 May 1948. ^[1] Read More…

The European Optical Society (EOS), founded in 1991, is a European organization for the development of the science of optics . Membership is open to national optical societies, individuals, companies, organizations, educational institutions, and learned societies. EOS runs international conferences; lobbies for optical science at European level; offers a focus for collecting and disseminating knowledge in the field, and publishes the online journal JEOS: RP . Read More…

The European Multisport Club Association ( EMCA ) ^[1] is a sports organization Representing the interests of multi-sport clubs in Europe. ^[2] It was created with an initiative of the multisport club SS Lazio . ^[3] Read More…

European Jews for a Just Peace ( EJJP ) is a federation of Jewish groups in ten European countries at avocation Bringing about peace in the Middle East and Ensuring respect for the human rights of the Palestinian people . One of the claims of EJJP is Israel’s immediate withdrawal from the occupied territories . ^[1] Read More…

The European Heritage Heads Forum (EHHF) is an informal professional and expert network that brings together the heads of the European state heritage (built heritage, landscapes, archeology, etc.) to share knowledge and ideas and promote consistency in the management of the historic environment in the 21st century. The heads are mostly the directors-general of the departments in charge of immovable heritage within the national ministries (Ministry of Culture, Environment, etc.). ^[1] Read More…

The European Fellowship (EF) is an umbrella organization for Christian youth organizations from across Europe. The European Fellowship intensively cooperates with the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations “ Fimcap „. Read More…

The European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) is a non-governmental organisation that provides emotional, social and juridical assistance to road traffic victims or/and their relatives and supports organisations in many countries to achieve this aim.^[1] Together with the World Health Organisation and RoadPeace, it organises the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims which takes place globally on the third Saturday in November each year.^[2] Their founder & 1.president was Marcel Haegi, 2 president (2004-2010) was Brigitte Chaudhry MBE, who founded RoadPeace in 1991. The actual president is Jeannot Mersch, all 3 bereaved parents^[3] Read More…

The European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE), also known as the European Chemical Engineering Federation and Europäische Föderation für Chemie-Ingenieur-Wesen , is an association of professional societies in Europe concerned with chemical engineering . ^[1] It was formed in Paris on June 20, 1953 with 18 societies in 8 countries. ^[2] Indiawas the first non-European member in 1956 and Czechoslovakia the first Eastern European one in 1966. ^[2] Read More…

The European Esperanto Union ( Esperanto : Eŭropa Esperanto-Unio ) is a union of the national Esperanto associations of the EU member states and holds congresses every two years. The Congress in Maribor, Slovenia , in July-August 2007, attracted 256 delegates from 28 countries, including two members of the European Parliament , Małgorzata Handzlik of Poland and Ljudmila Novak of Slovenia . Read More…

European Educational Exchanges – Youth for Understanding ( EEE-YFU ) is an international youth exchange non-profit organization , founded in 1985. ^[2] It is the umbrella body for national youth for understanding organizations across Europe and consists of 28 members. Read More…