Federalism redefined

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Federalism redefined

• Please define in one sentence,what European
  Federalism means to you.

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European Federalism...

• A set of institutions which allow European
  citizens to express their positions in the most
  approriate way. Today, a European constitution.

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European Federalism...

• Striving for peace, respecting the subsidiarity
  principle and achieving democracy.

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European Federalism...

• Federalism is freedom.

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European Federalism...

• Rational efficiency.

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European Federalism...

• Democratic and better governance for the EU.

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European Federalism...

• Is a last call to unify what was and is the wish
  and curse of history. A Europe as one state. And
  it is in our hand to see it through as something
  better than being confined to your own borders
  After all, the world is colliding into big states.

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European Federalism...

• European states bound permanently into union,
  inseparable because of shared values - but also
  United in Diversity - able to make decisions
  depending on their particular locality and accept
  the decisions of other states even if they do not
  agree with them.

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European Federalism...

• Is a logical way to step ahead - finally,
  decisions can be taken by the right persons...
  And they will be really in touch with Europeans.

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European Federalism...

• Peace System Cooperation.

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European Federalism...

• The things that describe federalism like rule of
  law, human rights, democracy, subsidiarity, etc.
  do exist in the EU, but I think that the EU is
  far from a federal form

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European Federalism...

• Federalism for me is free, tolerant countries
  without borders cooperating with each other on
  all different levels.

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European Federalism...

• For me it is an idea for bringing Europeans under
  one roof based on principles like subsidiarity,
  democracy, respecting the human rights, etc.

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European Federalism...

• A more coherent, consolidated, transparent
  foundation and structure to the European
  continent - based on the principle of
  subsidiarity.

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European Federalism...

• The sum of strong parts working for a common goal.

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European Federalism...

• Uniting countries who all participate in
  decisions and have representative organisation
  that represent them on global level.

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European Federalism...

• Is the future of Europe!

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European Federalism...

• Centralization Power.

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European Federalism...

• Subsidiarity! Equal opportunities for everyone.

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European Federalism...

• A system/structure for political entities.
• A political ideology based on certain values and
  moral principles.

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European Federalism...

• Subsidiarity Democracy Rule of Law Peace.

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European Federalism...

• The only feasible solution for Europe.

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European Federalism...

• A very effective way to make the European vision
  come true.

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European Federalism...

• Is a way of making the political structure more
  democratic in a sense of leaving issues that
  concern lower levels of governance to be dealt
  with at those levels.

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European Federalism...

• Equal opportunities and freedom to choose how you
  live and where you live regardless of your
  birthplace.
• The most democratic form of governance in a
  globalized world.

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European Federalism...

• What marriage means for personal relations,
  federalism means to politics.

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European Federalism...

• Expanding of the EU.

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European Federalism...

• The possibility to get people involved (local
  level).
• Unity in Diversity.
• To solve global issues in a democratic and
  tolerant way.

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European Federalism...

• Democracy at the most appropriate level.

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European Federalism...

• A European government elected within a European
  democractic system providing peace, stability,
  growth, education, freedom and the respect of
  human rights for all European citizens.

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European Federalism...

• Getting to know each other better beyond the
  borders of nationalism and stereotypes.

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European Federalism...

• Is the way to feel European civilian and regard
  Europe my own home country so that I can
  communicate and collaborate with all the other
  Europeans exactly in the way I can do with my
  family, friends, neighbours. I wish us all to
  work together and live together.

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European Federalism...

• Means something that you can NOT define in 1
  sentence.

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European Federalism...

• An ideology, whose main value is peace.
• An institutional structure, the only structure
  that allows to bring a stable peace, based on the
  subsidiarity principle and democracy at different
  levels.
• A societal structure, which allows to keep
  differences and manage them in a peaceful way.

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European Federalism...

• Democracy, subsidiarity, efficiency, peace.

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European Federalism...

• Is an attempt to sustainably pacify the
  coexistence of a multitude of peoples, sharing
  the same or similar values.

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European Federalism...

• Democratic...
• Division of political powers, checks and
  balances,
• Division of competencies,
• Direct democracy and participatory civil
  socieaty,
• Multilayered identities.

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European Federalism...

• Democracy, subsidiarity, civil rights and duties
  and tolerance.

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European Federalism...

• Is giving a chance to you and to others to
  fullfil their needs.

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European Federalism...

• Integrating our continent in a system of shared
  and self-rule drawing its legitimacy directly
  from the European citizens.

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European Federalism...

• A more integrated Europe based on subsidiarity
  and supranationality.