11 November 2023 (lapsing). Renewed for Federal Committee April 2026 Submitted by Political Commission 3: External Affairs & Global Governance

The Eastern Partnership (EaP), within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy, is a policy of strategic interest to the European Union (EU) and should therefore be reformed so that it may enable an even greater level of cooperation. EaP countries and their citizens have a wish for closer European integration. However, the region can no longer be treated as a single

bloc: it now consists of EU accession candidates (Ukraine, Moldova), a country whose European path is blocked by its own government, despite its candidate status (Georgia), a state pivoting towards the EU while maintaining complex economic ties with Russia (Armenia), an authoritarian energy partner (Azerbaijan), and a country under effective Russian occupation (Belarus). Russia still harbours imperialist ambitions on former Soviet republics, instead of respecting their independence and freedom to choose their own future. Russia’s continued imperialist agenda prevents peaceful cooperation between the Russian Federation and the European Union while also sowing discontent and instability in the EaP countries.

The European Union should demonstrate that it is the main partner for dialogue and cooperation with EaP countries, as well as the best equipped global actor to guarantee peace, stability, progress and respect for democracy and human rights. The EU must respond with a differentiated strategy that offers credible accession perspectives to willing reformers, deepens security cooperation with vulnerable partners, and supports civil society under authoritarian rule. JEF Europe therefore calls for a radical shift in the EU's foreign policy towards the Eastern Partnership based on differentiation, conditionality, and genuine solidarity.

JEF Europe,

1. Recalling JEF Europe’s resolutions, a) “For a common European response to the invasion of Ukraine and the future of Ukraine”; b) “The EU response to the Russian Federation’s aggression of Ukraine”, strongly condemning Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now in its fourth year, and demanding stronger EU support to Ukraine, including military, financial, and humanitarian assistance;

2. Noting with frustration the limits of the EU's foreign policy and the related unanimity rule in the framework of the ENP, which remains too often constrained and paralysed by the conflicting positions of the Member States in the Council, allowing a single country to block sanctions, enlargement steps, or crisis responses;

3. Deeply concerned about the human toll of active and unresolved conflicts across the region, including Russia's war against Ukraine, the continued occupation of Georgian

territories, Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenian population, and the frozen conflict in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova;

4. Denouncing Russia's comprehensive destabilisation campaign aimed at undermining EaP countries through military aggression, hybrid attacks, election interference, disinformation, energy blackmail, trade embargoes, and the conclusion of integration treaties with separatist or breakaway regions, such as South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Transnistria, Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson;

5. Noting with regret the insufficient reaction of the EU to Russia's violation of Georgian territorial integrity in 2008 and the consequent emboldening of Russia, and insisting that the EU must learn from this failure by adopting a credible deterrence , sanctions and defence policy today;

6. Noting with concern, the growing influence and destabilising actions of external actors in the South Caucasus and Black Sea regions, including Türkiye’s assertive posture, Iran's deepening ties, and China's expanding economic footprint;

7. Having regarded the implementation of the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement since 2019, and welcoming Armenia's historic pivot towards the European Union, demonstrated by: the effective suspension of its CSTO membership; active participation in the EU civilian mission; the launch of visa liberalisation dialogues; and the adoption of a law on initiating EU accession in early 2025, while noting that Armenia intends to maintain its economic ties with the Eurasian Economic Union;

8. Condemning the ethnic cleansing of the entire Armenian population of Nagorno Karabakh by Azerbaijan following Azerbaijan's September 2023 military offensive, and deeply concerned by the lack of provisions for the right of return in the peace agreement concluded in 2025 and ongoing threats to Armenian cultural and religious heritage;

9. Deeply concerned that following decoupling from Russia, the EU has become increasingly dependent on other non-democratic regimes like Azerbaijan for energy, without imposing meaningful human rights conditionality, thereby undermining the EU's credibility as a normative power;

10. Deeply concerned about Belarus's complete subordination to Russia since the fraudulent 2020 elections, including: the permanent stationing of Russian tactical nuclear weapons; the presence of Wagner Group mercenaries; the integration of Belarusian territory into Russia's military planning; the regime's complicity in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children; and the instrumentalisation of migration as a hybrid warfare tool, and strongly condemning the continued brutal response of the authorities against the opposition, now largely in exile, in prison, or silenced;

11. Applauding the progress made by Ukraine and Moldova towards EU membership, welcoming the opening of accession negotiations with both countries and the completion of bilateral screening, and noting that the European Commission assessed in late 2025 that both countries are ready to open thematic clusters including the fundamental cluster on justice and human rights;

12. Condemning the actions of the illegitimate Georgian government led by Georgian Dream including the deliberate dismantling of democratic institutions, including: the adoption of the Russian-style "foreign agents" law; brutal crackdowns on peaceful protesters; anti-LGBTQI+ legislation; and the reversal of democratic reforms, while expressing continued solidarity with the Georgian people's unwavering European aspirations and resistance against the illegitimate regime;

13. Additionally deeply concerned about the significant challenges faced by the EaP countries in ensuring an adequate level of human rights standards, as well as the state of democracy and the rule of law;

14. Reiterating the importance of freedom of the media, freedom of expression and the activities of non-governmental organisations and human rights defenders, especially represented in youth organisations, in shaping public opinion based on factual information free from foreign interference, hybrid threats and disinformation;

15. Recalling the essential contribution of civil society organisations, such as the members of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, regarding the quality of democracy and their important involvement in the dialogue between the European institutions and the EaP countries;

16. Acknowledging that the 'Beyond 2020' framework on the Eastern Partnership has become obsolete given the fundamentally different relationships the EU now maintains with accession candidates, authoritarian regimes, and countries under Russian occupation;

17. Reminding that the campaign “Democracy under Pressure”, which aims to raise awareness of democratic backsliding, human rights abuses, and challenges to the rule of law, initially in Belarus, is one of JEF’s oldest campaigns, and has expanded in relevance to encompass democratic collapse in Georgia, authoritarian consolidation in Azerbaijan, and the ongoing struggle for democracy across the region;

18. Noting the launch of the EU's Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea and the strategic approach to the Black Sea region adopted in 2025, which establishes three pillars: enhancing security and resilience, fostering sustainable growth, and promoting environmental protection;

19. Recognising the importance of climate diplomacy and green transition cooperation with Eastern Partnership countries, particularly in Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia, as part of the EU's strategic interest in building resilient and sustainable societies;

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Reiterates the EU's commitment to strengthening multilateralism and recalls the importance of developing a common European foreign policy as the only way to pursue peace and international justice;

2. Demands the introduction of qualified majority voting in particular in foreign policy decisions concerning the Eastern neighbourhood, ending the paralysis caused by individual Member States, who entertain close diplomatic and economic ties with the Russian Federation, blocking sanctions, enlargement steps, or crisis responses;

3. Insists that the most important area on which the EU's Eastern policy should be focused is the advancement of respect for human rights, the rule of law, and the achievement of a higher standard of democracy, while recognising that the needs differ fundamentally between accession countries, where conditionality applies, countries suffering from armed aggression and authoritarian regimes, where support must flow exclusively to civil society and independent media;

4. Encourages the EU institutions to further intensify their cooperation with the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in monitoring and implementing strategies and practices aimed at improving the level of democracy, the rule of law, and achieving the expression of political and civil rights for all citizens;

5. Mandates the EU to maintain and significantly expand sanctions on Belarus indefinitely, targeting sectors enabling Russian military integration, the forced deportation of Ukrainian children, and the regime's hybrid warfare operations, including migration manipulation, and to maintain these sanctions until free and fair elections are held and all political prisoners are released;

6. Requires the EU to significantly increase and simplify funding for local independent civil society, human rights defenders, independent universities, research centres, independent media, and democratic movements across the Eastern neighbourhood, with particular attention to organisations operating under authoritarian regimes where access is restricted and risks are high;

7. Demands that the EU massively scale up support for independent media, fact-checking organisations, and media literacy programmes as a direct counter to Russian disinformation campaigns and state propaganda;

8. Insists that the EU actively support EaP countries in safeguarding their rights under international law, including territorial integrity, and champion accountability

mechanisms for crimes of aggression, war crimes, and human rights violations committed in the region, through support for international tribunals and prosecution mechanisms;

9. Demands that the EU take a leading role in conflict resolution and peace-building across the region, including through expanded civilian monitoring missions such as EUMA in Armenia, active participation in existing negotiation formats, and targeted sanctions against spoilers;

10. Insists that any peace agreements addressing regional conflicts include explicit provisions for the right of return of displaced populations and protection of cultural and religious heritage;

11. Demands that energy cooperation with Azerbaijan be conditioned on meaningful human rights compliance, with suspension mechanisms for continued violations, including review of the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, imposing targeted sanctions on those responsible for arbitrary detention, and freezing expanded energy cooperation until tangible human rights progress is made;

12. Calls on the EU to articulate a clear and differentiated long-term strategy for the Eastern neighbourhood, offering credible EU membership to willing and reform-minded countries, deepening security and defence cooperation to counter Russian aggression, supporting the resilience of societies under authoritarian rule, and keeping the door open to all Eastern partners that demonstrate genuine commitment to European values and reforms;

13. Demands that the EU pursue a merit-based but politically ambitious enlargement agenda that:

● maintains momentum in accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, supporting the opening of the fundamental cluster on justice and human rights;

● offers a credible European perspective to Georgia, conditional on a fundamental reversal of anti-democratic legislation;

● explores deepened political association with Armenia should it continue its European orientation, while acknowledging its complex economic ties;

● keeps the door open to other Eastern partners that demonstrate genuine commitment to European values;

14. Insists on the full implementation of Association Agreements and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas with willing and reform-minded countries, and calls for their gradual extension to cover sectoral integration in energy, digital markets, transport, and green transition, as a pathway to closer economic alignment with the EU single market;

15. Supports deeper sectoral integration between the EU and willing Eastern partners, including:

● transport connectivity through extension of TEN-T networks;

● digital integration through roaming agreements and harmonisation of digital markets;

● energy cooperation through synchronisation of grids and renewable energy partnerships;

● green transition through access to EU climate financing;

16. Insists on the role that the EU, in cooperation with civil society organisations, must play in promoting civil and political rights, in ensuring the protection of ethnic and religious minorities including Armenians remaining in Azerbaijan and national minorities in Georgia, and in defending the civil rights of the most discriminated and harassed members of society, including those in the LGBTQI+ community who face increasing state-sponsored persecution in several EaP countries;

17. Requires a major expansion of EU youth programmes in the Eastern neighbourhood, including Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps, and dedicated youth mobility schemes, with simplified visa procedures and increased funding to ensure that young people in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Armenia (including refugees and vulnerable groups) have meaningful opportunities for education, training, and exchange within the EU;

18. Calls on the EU to grant observer status in the European Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee to Ukraine and Moldova, and to maintain such status for Georgia only if democratic progress resumes;

19. Demands the systematic inclusion of civil society organisations as co-decision-making actors in the EU accession processes of Eastern Partnership countries, including their formal participation in national coordination mechanisms, screening processes, and reform monitoring, in order to ensure democratic legitimacy, transparency, and long-term societal ownership of EU integration;

19. Mandates full implementation of the EU's Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea, with adequate funding for military mobility infrastructure, a maritime security monitoring hub, and connectivity corridors;

20. Urges the EU to finalise a legal framework for the confiscation of frozen Russian state assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine, extending this principle to Belarusian regime assets.

11 November 2023 (lapsing). Renewed for Federal Committee April 2026 Submitted by Political Commission 3: External Affairs & Global Governance

Conflicts, political turmoil, economic disparities as well as climate change generate migration towards Europe. The European Union (EU), so far, has proven itself totally unprepared to tackle the human rights violations and humanitarian crisis faced by refugees and migrants, especially at its external borders. Member States are reacting unilaterally and against the common European interest. Unilateral actions are ineffective and damaging to major European achievements and values, such as the Schengen Agreement, peaceful cooperation between Member States and human rights. The Young European Federalists urges the EU to give a stronger common response to this global challenge, in the field of migration, asylum and border control policies.

JEF Europe,

1. Emphasising that the fundamental rights and duties of a human being declared in the European Convention on Human Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1951 Geneva Convention and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union must always be respected;

1. Acknowledging that recent refugee and migration patterns have been markedly different in both character and impact on different Member States;

2. Alarmed by the persisting human rights violations and humanitarian crises faced by migrants and refugees in Europe, especially taking into account wars and instability;

3. Noting that conflicts, war, human rights abuses, political persecution, lack of perspectives, climate change and growing economic disparities will continue to lead to migrant and refugee arrivals in Europe if these root causes of migration are not seriously addressed;

4. Acknowledging that the charge of welcoming refugees is left to countries neighbouring conflicts or other humanitarian disasters and that these countries are often hosting numbers far beyond their capacities;

5. Highlights the need for further effective and tangible solidarity with Member States on the Union's external borders experiencing most of the arrivals to ensure that they can provide the highest standards of dignified immediate reception;

6. Deploring that the Member States have sidelined the EU in migration and have been unwilling to develop a serious common strategy, have been blocking Commission proposals for a common approach and have prioritised a shallow and populist understanding of the "national interest" at the cost of effective and reasonable common migration and asylum policy;

7. Further deploring that the present decision-making procedures are ineffective and exploitable, allowing a small minority, even a single bad-faith actor, to stall decision making indefinitely;

8. Believing that the Schengen area and the freedom of movement are two of the greatest achievements of the EU and that they should not only be preserved, but expanded;

9. Noting the conclusion and adoption of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, which will become applicable as of mid-2026, and acknowledging the decrease in irregular arrivals and asylum applications recorded in 2025, which has created a window for effective implementation;

10. Noting with concern the European Parliament's approval of amendments broadening the "safe third country" concept, removing the requirement of a link between the asylum seeker and the country of transfer, and eliminating the suspensive effect of appeals, thereby weakening procedural safeguards and triggering a race to the bottom in migrant protection standards;

11. Deeply concerned by the European Parliament's approval of a new return regulation allowing detention of migrants, including families and minors, for extended periods, expanding data surveillance, and paving the way for offshore deportation centres, which raises serious concerns about compliance with fundamental rights;

12. Deploring that the EU is outsourcing migration management flows by entering into agreements with third countries (Albania, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Tunisia and Türkiye) often without adequate human rights safeguards;

13. Deploring the EU's plans to fund a Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in eastern Libya under Commander Khalifa Haftar's control, which would extend the "pullback mechanism" already operating in western Libya, resulting in interceptions at sea and returns to Libyan authorities where migrants face arbitrary detention, extortion, and inhuman treatment;

14. Condemning the continued formal and informal practices of migration externalisation that actively subvert the principle of non-refoulement, including pushbacks, as documented in judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which strengthened Frontex's legal responsibility in pushback operations;

15. Regretting that the EU has given billions of euros to Türkiye since March 2016 to detain migrants and refugees in degrading conditions, while acknowledging that the agreement helped to control migration streams at its peak;

16. Condemning the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and Tunisia, signed in July 2023 which paid little regard to the ongoing gross human rights

abuses by the regime against asylum seekers in the country as well as against its own citizens;

17. Noting the launch of the new Mediterranean Pact, which aims to strengthen ties with Mediterranean countries, while civil society organisations have raised concerns about limited consultation and insufficient attention to human rights;

18. Condemning criminal state and non-state actors acting as smugglers of migrants and human traffickers for the inhuman treatment, exploitation and endangerment of innocent lives purely for financial profit;

19. Further concerned that externalisation strategies might be more broadly replicated by other countries bordering the EU, instrumentalising refugees and migrants for financial gain and leverage over the EU;

20. Deeply concerned that some Member States have denied their responsibility, refused to welcome in their ports ships rescuing the lives of migrants and refugees, and sometimes have gone as far as actively repelling ships, putting lives at risk and possibly breaching international law;

21. Convinced that EU-led search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean and in the Aegean Sea are necessary to save lives;

22. Condemning the criminalisation of NGOs operating in search and rescue activities in the Mediterranean Sea made by several EU Member States' governments;

24. Recognising that various pieces of EU legislation have been adopted in order to create a common asylum policy in line with the objective set out in Article 78 TFEU, including Directive 2011/95 ("Qualification Directive") and Directive 2013/33 ("Reception Conditions Directive");

25. Welcoming the European Commission's first European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy, presented in early 2026, which sets out a five-year framework to support Pact implementation;

26. Welcoming the establishment of the EU Talent Pool in late 2025, the first EU-wide platform supporting international recruitment of skills and talent from third countries at all skill levels, and the opening of the European Legal Gateway Office in India in early 2026 to facilitate legal migration pathways for ICT professionals, students, and researchers;

27. Noting the European Commission's new visa and migration strategy unveiled in early 2026, which proposes enhanced control of visa-free regimes, new restrictive measures for non-cooperative states on readmission, and prioritised visa procedures for "high value-added" individuals at EU level;

28. Acknowledging that Member States have committed significantly fewer resettlement places for 2026-2027 compared to previous years, and that relocation commitments have similarly fallen short of the European Commission's targets, while return rates have increased in recent years.

JEF Europe, therefore,

1. Insists on the need for a common EU policy on migration, asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection which fully complies with binding obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and respects the non-refoulement principle;

2. Mandates the EU and its Member States to ensure the swift and effective implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum, which will become applicable in mid-2026, with a focus on operational readiness at borders, fair and efficient procedures, and credible solidarity mechanisms;

Requires that, to the implementation of the adopted Pact on Migration and Asylum, the European Union should prefer a strategy founded on mechanisms of genuine internal solidarity and the establishment of safe and legal pathways for entry

3. Demands that the solidarity mechanism under the Pact be implemented in a way that ensures genuine responsibility sharing between Member States, with transparent reporting on relocations, financial contributions, and alternative solidarity measures;

4. Requires the European Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the Pact and to consider infringement procedures against Member States that fail to comply with their obligations, including respect for human rights;

5. Exhorts the EU to accelerate the phasing out of the Dublin regulations and adopt a true European asylum policy, fully respecting EU values, human rights and Articles 78–80 TFEU, and relying on solidarity and responsibility sharing as well as on extra assistance to the countries of entry;

6. Calls on the EU to include a European refugee status for political dissidents in its migration and asylum policies;

7. Demands that in the future, asylum decisions and decisions on return be taken based on unified EU-wide standards, rather than disparate standards defined at the national level;

8. Furthermore, calls on the European Commission to consider infringement procedures and financial sanctions against non-compliant Member States in the framework of migration and asylum policies;

9. Urges the EU to stop using readmission agreements as the main tool to fight irregular immigration, as this encourages violations of human rights such as the non-refoulement principle guaranteed by the 1951 Geneva Convention;

10. Calls for an EU policy for the Mediterranean region and beyond, ensuring broad and intensified cooperation with third countries through the Union for the Mediterranean and other multilateral fora in order to fight human trafficking networks, while insisting that such cooperation must include binding human rights clauses, independent monitoring mechanisms, and oversight by the European Parliament;

11. Demands that the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) operates in full compliance with EU values and fundamental rights, and that the agency's legal responsibility for pushback operations, as affirmed by the Court of Justice of the European Union, is fully respected and enforced;

12. Insists that Frontex is tasked with search and rescue in the Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea and demands the transformation of Operation Themis into a wider and focused EU search and rescue operation of people in distress;

13. Mandates the establishment of a dedicated, civilian-led EU Sea Rescue Agency, separate from Frontex, with a sole mandate to coordinate and conduct search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean, ensuring that lifesaving is not subordinated to border control objectives;

14. Invites the EU and its Member States to provide transit countries with extended assistance and further humanitarian supplies to be dedicated to the reception of asylum seekers and refugees;

15. Calls on the EU to enhance legal and humanitarian pathways to safely reach the EU, without being forced to rely on illegal human trafficking, such as humanitarian visas to refugees;

16. Calls for the establishment of common European asylum offices in third countries that respect European standards of treatment and human dignity;

17. Demands with immediate effect the decriminalisation of humanitarian sea rescue by EU states;

18. Encourages the EU to open more legal channels for labour migration;

19. Requires the further expansion of legal migration pathways, including through the EU Talent Pool, the European Legal Gateway Office model, and Talent Partnerships with third countries, with a focus on matching skills with labour market needs while ensuring fair recruitment practices and protection of workers' rights;

20. Demands the EU to further facilitate cross-border mobility for cultural and educational exchanges with third-country nationals;

21. Condemns any proposal regarding migration and asylum policy that relies on building walls and fences, and urges the EU and its Member States to build an open continent instead of a Fortress Europe and internal barriers;

22. Demands that the Schengen Agreements are safeguarded at all times, borders be reopened where they have been closed and border controls are put to an end without delay;

23. Calls on the EU to avoid externalisation agreements with third countries and to review and renegotiate the ones it already signed, to ensure they fully respect the 1951 Geneva Convention, include binding human rights clauses, and provide for independent monitoring and accountability mechanisms;

24. Urges the EU to withdraw from plans to fund maritime control centres in Libya, including the proposed centre in Benghazi, given documented human rights abuses by Libyan authorities and militias, and to instead prioritise dedicated EU-led search and rescue operations;

25. Demands significantly stronger political will towards the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), among other fora, to forge the necessary partnerships with Southern Neighbourhood states needed to overcome the short-term vision of the EU and its Member States to make development assistance primarily conditional on migration cooperation to the detriment of EU values as well as the quality of broader development goals;

26. Urges European leaders to change radically their migration and asylum narratives to make space for more sustainable and humane approaches;

27. Commits itself to explore opportunities for cooperation and exchange with young migrants and youth organisations working with refugees and migrants;

28. Requires the establishment of effective mechanisms to assess and match the skills of migrants with the labour market needs of Member States, facilitating seamless integration and contributing to the overall prosperity of the EU;

29. Mandates Member States to prioritise integration policies, including language training, education, housing, and labour market access, as essential components of a sustainable migration system that ensures social cohesion and public confidence;

30. Demands the expansion of youth mobility and civic engagement programmes, ensuring that refugees and vulnerable migrant groups have access to student exchanges, volunteering initiatives, and youth projects with optional financial support from the EU.

Submitted by Political Commission 2: Internal European Affairs

Adopted by the Federal Committee on 11 November 2023 in Madrid, Spain. Re-adopted and amended by the Federal Committee on 19 April 2026 in Belgrade, Serbia.

European industry stands at a turning point. High energy costs, geopolitical tensions and growing global subsidy races are putting pressure on Europe’s competitiveness. At the same time, ambitious climate and digital goals require profound transformation.

JEF Europe,

● Recognising that a strong and innovative industrial base is fundamental to Europe’s prosperity, social stability and strategic autonomy, providing the technologies, infrastructure and production capacities necessary to drive the green and digital transitions and ensure long term economic resilience;

● Envisioning a European clean industrial transformation that scales up net-zero and carbon-negative technologies, advanced manufacturing and secures critical infrastructure, strengthening Europe’s resilience in key sectors;

● Recalling that European industry provides 35 million jobs, accounts for 80% of goods exports, 22.3% of GDP and is the key driver for the EU’s position as a top global provider of high-tech products;

● Emphasising that only a Federal Europe, endowed with autonomous fiscal authority, possesses the capacity to deploy the resources necessary for the renewal of European industry;

● Highlighting the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often acting as key local suppliers;

● Welcoming the Clean Industrial Deal as the EU’s renewed framework to strengthen industrial competitiveness while accelerating decarbonisation, reinforcing the Single Market and scaling up clean technologies, in line with the EU’s climate objectives;

● Welcoming the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requiring large companies to disclose environmental, social and governance information according to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), enhancing transparency and accountability on sustainability issues;

● Acknowledging that industrial activities are also a strong driver of environmental pollution and carbon emissions;

● Deeply convinced that Europe’s industry can and should be transformed to meet the Paris Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), binding emissions targets and the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 set in the EU climate law, and initiatives such as the European Green Deal;

● Emphasising the need to protect workers’ health, safety and well being in the European industry, while addressing job losses, precarious employment models, and

the social consequences of globalisation and delocalisation that undermine the stability and status of industrial workers and young people;

● Acknowledging that the EU’s industrial and economic power translates into normative power, and that all these powers can be used to contribute to global development, as well as promote human rights and environmental justice in the world through smart trade agreements;

● Welcoming the entry into force of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the strengthened Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, stressing the need for their effective implementation to prevent carbon leakage, ensure respect for human rights, environmental standards in global supply chains and uphold fair competition;

● Recognising that increasingly global and complex value chains create strategic dependencies, reduce economic resilience and make it harder to enforce fair competition and sustainable standards;

● Deeply concerned about the potential misuse of industrial policy as a weapon by revisionist autocracies, through restrictions on the export of critical raw materials, energy sources or other key technologies or services;

● Welcoming the European Commission’s initiatives to strengthen Europe’s open strategic autonomy including the launch of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) in key strategic sectors such as microelectronics, hydrogen and batteries, mobilising an expected total of EUR 92.2 billion in public and private investment, as well as the in depth review of strategic areas to identify and reduce critical dependencies in European supply chains;

● Recognising the EU’s shift towards a more strategic industrial and trade policy, illustrated by recent initiatives such as the Industrial Accelerator Act, which seek to strengthen resilient clean technology supply chains and prioritise cooperation with trusted economic partners;

● Emphasising that Europe’s future industry depends on sufficient investment in new innovations, technology, Research and Development (R&D) as well as skill training, which should be a joint European endeavour to boost competitiveness, specialisation and sustainability;

● Recognising that in high-tech fields in particular, much innovation is done by large companies, and thus it may be necessary to accept more mergers between European companies to create European champions in key industries;

● Recognising that open standards and protocols are instrumental in reducing dependency on foreign technology, fostering innovation, and creating a level playing field for businesses, particularly SMEs, while also supporting interoperability, sustainability, and strategic autonomy;

● Reaffirming JEF Europe’s resolutions that are interconnected, complement the need for an industrial transition and propose concrete solutions: “A European Transition to a Circular Economy”, “Calling for an ethical and efficient EU policy framework on Artificial Intelligence”, “For a United Digital Europe”, “Environment does not stop at borders: Towards a Sustainable Europe and a Sustainable Global Climate Policy”, “Better integrated and more sustainable mobility infrastructure for an Ever Closer Union”, ; “Advancing the European Union’s Social Dimension”, “On the creation of a Fiscal Union in the Eurozone”, and “Towards sustainable, reliable and affordable energy for Europe”.

JEF Europe therefore:

1. Calls on the European industry to accelerate investment in decarbonisation, digitalisation and strategic value chains to secure Europe’s industrial leadership and strategic autonomy by 2030;

3. Calls for the European Commission and Member States to safeguard the integrity of the Single Market through the elimination of remaining trade barriers, ensuring consistent enforcement of EU competition and merger rules whilst maintaining a level playing field within the EU and globally;

4. Calls on the EU to better coordinate with its global partners and avoid expensive subsidy races in areas where it is desirable to diversify our supply or reduce our strategic dependency, such as, but not limited to, battery technology, microchips, critical raw materials, and energy sources;

5. Supports a European relocalisation of vital industrial activities to provide for more of Europe’s own consumption, ensuring shorter and more resilient supply chains and creating long-term, well-paid jobs for European workers;

6. Calls on the EU and Member States to ensure robust implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), using its revenues to support the decarbonisation of energy intensive industries while preserving competitiveness and avoiding unnecessary trade disputes;

7. Calls on the EU, Member States and industries for a more decisive move towards a circular economy through the implementation of a cascading use and cradle-to-cradle principles in our production chains, waste management and through a life-cycle assessment of critical components and raw materials;

8. Urges the EU to defend high social and environmental standards in its trade policy without descending into protectionism, by coupling ambitious climate policies with active diplomacy to avoid retaliation;

9. Urges the European Commission to develop concrete measures to reduce the dependency on critical raw materials, strengthening recycling and recovery processes like chemical recycling and substitution with circular materials, and to reduce the export of valuable waste materials in order to retain resources within the EU;

10. Calls on the European Commission to put forward concrete measures to reduce plastic use where sustainable alternatives are available, while reinforcing recycling efforts;

10. Calls upon the European Commission to ensure that the extraction and processing of natural resources, within and outside the EU, fully respect environmental standards such as the DNSH principle as well as the rights of local communities and indigenous people, guaranteeing their participation in decision making processes;

11. Calls upon the EU and Member States to develop on their territories critical raw material extraction that is safe, as well as socially and environmentally responsible, to boost our own production and reduce our need for imports as well as our dependencies;

12. Expects the EU’s and Member States’ industrial strategies to support the fight against in-work poverty and inequality, as well as to ensure strong and equitable workers’ rights with equal access and opportunities guaranteed for, but not limited to, women, minority workers, and young people;

13. Calls for EU funds aimed at industrial transition, such as the Just Transition Fund, to become real funds of solidarity, that ensure fair distribution across society, between regions and countries, underlining the importance of European territorial cohesion;

14. Encourages the EU and the Member States to strengthen support for startups, SMEs and larger companies by fostering already existing and emerging networks across Europe, promoting the exchange of knowledge and best practices on sustainable digitalisation as well as enhancing their capacity to grow and compete globally;

15. Calls for the EU to significantly strengthen and expand sovereign European investment instruments, including dedicated technology sovereignty funds, to support the development and scaling of strategic digital and industrial technologies, ensure European ownership of critical assets, and reduce dependency on non-European capital and investors.

16. Calls for the strategic integration of open standards in key industrial sectors and urges the European Commission and Member States to provide targeted support, including funding, training, and regulatory incentives, to facilitate their adoption, with a focus on SMEs

Resolution submitted by: JEF Political Commission 1 – Institutions and Governance

Adopted by the Federal Committee in London on 23 March 2019. Re-adopted and amended by the European Congress in Liège on 21 November 2021. Re-adopted and amended by the European Federal Committee in Tartu, Estonia on 14 April 2024. Re-adopted and amended by the European Federal Committee in Belgrade, Serbia on 19 April 2026

JEF Europe,

● Strongly convinced that for the EU to be able to act effectively, it must eliminate the principle of unanimity specifically for the introduction of new autonomous European taxes, while ensuring the harmonisation of tax systems; [Annex I]

● Stressing that a Fiscal Union and a centralised investment capacity could allow for economies of scale, thereby reducing the aggregate cost of public goods;

● Condemning the utter lack of transparency and democratic accountability in the EU budgetary process, whereby the European Parliament does not enjoy equal powers in determining the Multiannual Financial Framework or raising of revenues; [Annex II]

● Highlighting the leverage held by Member States within the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), given that their national contributions constitute the primary source of the EU budget;

● Convinced that the EU budget should be financed entirely by European autonomous revenues rather than national contributions, to prevent Member States from using them as a tool for political leverage;

● Noting with concern that Eurozone Member States are still exposed to asymmetric economic or financial shocks, especially the Member States in which public debt levels are still high and where governments are not endowed with enough fiscal space to enact counter-cyclical policies;

● Convinced, therefore, of the need to strengthen the Eurozone through the creation of a real Fiscal Union;

● Highlighting that cross-border tax schemes and fraud allow multinational corporations to free-ride on the public infrastructure and services of multiple Member States while contributing only to one;

● Noting that while economic and taxation policies should follow the principle of subsidiarity, the Union must intervene when national frameworks fail to capture cross-border value creation, for example with an European Company Income Tax;

● Convinced that the fragmentation of national tax systems and the lack of a common tax base impose higher compliance costs on European companies, undermining their cross-border expansion and the integrity of the Single Market;

● Stressing that the issuance of European debt should be coupled with a fiscal union, as borrowing without sovereign taxing power incurs higher costs and offers less favorable terms for most Member States than national debt;

● Underlining the necessity of tightening national fiscal rules, as the transition toward a European fiscal union and common debt could induce moral hazard among Member States, threatening the stability of the single currency;

● Believing that the mutualization of national debt into a single European instrument will gain political viability only once Member States achieve comparable debt-to-GDP ratios, thereby eliminating the risk of a free lunch and ensuring equitable risk-sharing;

JEF Europe, therefore, calls the European Council to amend the Treaties of the EU to create a Fiscal Union structured around:

1. Fiscal capacity, which is the power to raise taxes through a European Tax Authority, consisting only of autonomous revenues to ensure the Union possesses the independent resources necessary to fulfill its mandates without relying on national contributions;

2. Budgetary capacity providing macroeconomic stabilization and funding essential European public goods, such as common defense and energy infrastructure;

3. Permanent borrowing capacity to issue sovereign debt, providing a mechanism to manage economic shocks;

4. Tightened fiscal rules at the national level to ensure long-term sustainability and prevent moral hazard within the shared fiscal framework;

5. The democratic empowerment of the European Parliament, granting it the right to initiate and amend fiscal proposals, ensuring that new European taxes are subject to direct parliamentary oversight and approval;

6. Harmonization of national tax bases to reduce the administrative burdens and market distortions caused by divergent fiscal rules.

Annex I

While the European Parliament acts as a joint authority for the annual budget, its influence is constrained by the MFF. The European Council and the Council retain primary control by setting the long-term political guidelines and spending ceilings. Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Part Six, Title II, Articles 312 and 314, EUR-Lex, Publications Office of the European Union, EUR-Lex - 12012E/TXT - EN - EUR-Lex, 26 October 2012.

Annex II

Tax harmonization refers to the partial alignment of national tax laws and the unification of tax bases.

Resolution submitted by: JEF Political Commission 1 – Institutions and Governance

Adopted by the Federal Committee in London on 23 March 2019. Re-adopted and amended by the European Congress in Liège on 21 November 2021. Re-adopted and amended by the European Federal Committee in Tartu, Estonia on 14 April 2024. Re-adopted and amended by the European Federal Committee in Belgrade, Serbia on 19 April 2026.

● Defining rule of law as a principle encompassing legality, legal certainty, prevention of abuse of powers, equality, non-discrimination, and access to justice;1a highlighting the mutual indispensability of rule of law, democracy, and fundamental rights; [Annex I]

● Strongly emphasising the rule of law as one of the core principles which the European Union is built upon, as outlined in the Treaty on European Union (TEU), the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

● Alarmed by the increase in violations of the rule of law especially in the area of fundamental civil rights and political freedoms in EU Member States which has been seen leading to cases of growing authoritarianism such as in Hungary;

● Concerned about how governments and political parties instil and exploit citizens’ fears and uncertainties in order to justify measures which undermine the basic principles of democracy and limit civil liberties;

● Observing a gap between the Copenhagen Criteria and the Rule of Law Framework, that fails to prevent a decline in those same standards once a country is admitted as a member state; [Annex II]

● Stressing that when judicial questions are not addressed by an independent court, they become vulnerable to political pressure and the dynamics of consensus;

● Considering that the EU’s legal framework still remains ill-equipped to deal with the violation of the rule of law in Member States; in particular, the Rule of Law procedure, outlined in Art. 7 of the TEU, whereby the EU is practically unable to sanction gross violations of EU fundamental values in the Member States, requiring a unanimous vote in the Council for sanctions to be activated;

● Recognising that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is responsible for matters concerning state and European law to ensure uniform application across the Union, whereas the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) serves as a court of last appeal for citizens whose fundamental human rights have been violated;

● Further recognising that the ECJ acts as the final arbiter for the interpretation and uniform application of EU law, thereby driving European integration and reinforcing the supranational character of the Union;

● Alarmed by the insufficient application of the conditionality regime that has been put in place since 2021, between European funds paid out to certain Member States and the state of the rule of law in these respective Member States;

● Further alarmed by the possibility of blackmail due to the unanimity principle when Member States breaking the rule of law condition their support on ending an Art. 7 procedure or unfreezing funds, such as Hungary blocking the EU’s Ukraine aid packages;

● Noting with concern that permanent or long-term damage to a Member State’s democratic framework may occur even during short periods of rule of law breaches and regretting that the EU process of assessing rule of law violations takes too much time;

● Reaffirming how a Federal Europe should exist only on the basis of the rule of law and solid democratic structures.

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Calls on the governments of the Member States for Treaty changes to the procedure set out in Article 7 TEU with the goal of empowering the Council, the European Parliament, and the Commission to bring actions concerning a Member State's violations directly before the Court of Justice, thereby shifting the decisive role from a strictly political process to an impartial judicial process;

2. Further calls on the governments of the Member States to eliminate the unanimity requirement within the new Article 7 procedures and to instead establish a requirement for a qualified majority in the Council and a majority of members in the European Parliament; [Annex III]

3. Calls upon the European commission to limit the dialogue procedure of the Rule of Law Framework with national governments who violate the rule of law to a strict timeframe;

4. Calls on all the European political parties and families and their representatives to take responsibility for the respective national parties being committed to European values and the rule of law;

5. Demands that Member States implement the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights as swiftly as possible;

6. Demands that all Member States formally acknowledge the primacy of EU law, while ensuring that ECJ judgments are directly applicable and binding.

Annex I

Based on the Rule of Law Checklist of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe;

Annex II

The Copenhagen Criteria are the requirements for joining the EU. The Rule of Law Framework is the mechanism intended to maintain these standards after membership, but it lacks the effective enforcement power seen in the pre-accession phase

Annex III

Points 1 and 2 are inspired by the EP resolution of 22 November 2023. Amendment 11 proposes that the Council, acting by qualified majority, the Parliament, or the Commission may submit an application to the Court of Justice regarding serious and persistent breaches of Article 2 values Source: European Parliament resolution of 22 November 2023 (2022/2051(INL))

The Code of Conduct (CofC) outlined in this section provides a broad and non-exhaustive framework for understanding what behaviour is not permissible at events and forums organised by Young European Federalists (JEF), including online spaces and communication channels affiliated with the organisation.

JEF Europe is committed to maintaining and further developing a culture based on mutual respect, human dignity, safety, and equality as preconditions to ensure full access and active participation, reflecting the right to an empowering space for safe and inclusive participation in its activities.

The aim of this Code of Conduct is to ensure that every individual feels safe, heard, included, and respected in JEF Europe; that every individual has the means to actively participate in JEF; and that JEF as an organization continuously strives for further inclusiveness, diversity, and safety in all its activities.

The Code outlines the social and ethical responsibilities of individuals and groups, and binds JEF Europe to implement the Code. The Code comprises a set of substantive and procedural rules, such as the use of contact persons, to ensure safe participation and an empowering space, inclusion, equity, and respect of all individuals involved with JEF activities.

This Code of Conduct is subdivided into following 12 sections:

1. Acting in accordance with the Code of Conduct

2. Consent

3. Assumptions

4. Power Relations

5. Relations with the Secretariat

6. Obligations

7. Application

8. Reporting

9. Enforcement

10. Legal steps

11. Privacy

The following sections provide additional details pertaining to the reporting of breaches of the CofC, the interpretation of the CofC, and the measures that are available for enforcing the CofC.

As a condition of acceptance in events organised by JEF, participants and organisers agree to familiarise themselves with the CofC and, to the best of their ability, to adhere to the following terms:

1. Acting in accordance with the Code of Conduct

The following rules shall be interpreted broadly to include any conduct considered inappropriate and inconsistent with the ideals of JEF Europe as expressed in the Statutes. Any breach of these rules shall lead to action as defined in the procedures in section 10.

Participants in JEF activities commit to adopt and promote appropriate behavior including but not limited to:

1. Respecting others and not using language or behaviour that is intended to denigrate or undermine their contributions;

2. Not discriminating on the basis of any personal or physical characteristics, including gender, appearance, nationality, style or any other features;

3. Ensuring that others are given the opportunity to speak and be heard without interruption;

4. Forming an environment where everyone feels comfortable expressing their opinions, even if those opinions are in a minority, provided they are expressed in adherence to the other terms;

5. Discussing sensitive topics in a considerate manner, being mindful that others may be personally affected by them;

6. Understanding the importance of lived experience, not dismissing or seeking to explain the basic terms of issues or conflicts that others have been personally affected by;

7. Supporting the inclusion of others who may be less familiar with the issues being discussed in a way that does not put into question their intelligence or capability to understand them;

8. Refraining from commenting on someone’s appearance in ways that may make them feel uncomfortable or objectified;

9. Avoiding the use of language which treats a certain level of mental or physical health or bodily ability or a lack of as being normal or more desirable;

10. Showing an appreciation and a consideration for other people’s cultural or religious practices and beliefs, including understanding that what is acceptable in one’s own culture or religion may not be in others;

11. Appeals to cultural norms shall not justify behavior that constitutes discrimination, harassment, or abuse as defined in this Code;

12. Not feeding racist, gender or other stereotypes in their speech, actions, or behaviour, even as a joke or ironically;

13. Refraining from physical contact beyond basic greetings without consent and showing respect for the personal space of others;

14. Not peer pressuring others into partaking in voluntary activities;

15. Not bullying others for perceived mistakes or differences, defined as anything that is intended to draw laughter at their expense;

16. Not engage in any form of harassment, abuse, intimidation, or hostile behaviour towards fellow JEFers and participants in JEF activities.

2. Consent

All parties involved need to be familiar with the concept of consent and what constitutes sexual and emotional harassment.

Consent is defined for the purposes of this document as an agreement between two or more people to engage in activities together, while particularly relevant in the context of sexual interactions, the concept of consent also serves as a general guideline for respectful interpersonal behaviour.

Consent is not always given or refused through verbal or written approval and those requesting it need to take into account non-verbal or written forms of approval such as tone or body language.

If there is any doubt that you have been given consent, then the activity should be stopped. Consent can be withdrawn at any time and if this occurs, any failure to stop the activity will be treated as harassment or abuse.

Consent cannot be given by someone who is significantly impaired by alcohol or other substances and as a result, they are not fully conscious, awake or capable of making informed decisions.

If someone agrees to an activity because of pressure or the threat of bullying, even if it is implicit, then this does not constitute consent.

Consent should be defined in an easy-to-understand way according to the definition provided in the document at the beginning.

3. Assumptions

As an inclusive and empowering space for young people from many backgrounds, JEF is committed to the pursuit of a free and united Europe.

Understanding that prejudices and unconscious biases can be ingrained in us, it is the responsibility of each individual involved in an event to actively avoid making assumptions, including but not limited to:

1. A person’s background or opinions based on their skin colour, other external features, or their accent and vocabulary;

2. A person’s country of origin, whether this be its political status, economic status, or any other elements of their culture;

3. A person’s religious or political affiliation, and what this means for their opinions, convictions, and beliefs on a range of issues;

4. A person’s gender or sexual identity, noting that neither are binary nor are people required to place themselves on a spectrum upon request;

5. A person’s ability to do the same things as someone else, especially in the case of hidden disabilities;

6. A person’s good health or otherwise.

While making assumptions is not necessarily against the CofC on the basis that people can make the wrong judgements on the appropriate comments in a particular context and that this does not require intervention, failure to apologise if prompted would constitute a potential breach of 1A.

4. Power Relations

Members of any of the JEF statutory bodies (Executive Board, Federal Committee, Arbitration Board, Auditors Committee), the Secretariat, Permanent Contact People, and the Pool of Trainers are considered to be in a relative position of power and therefore in a special and unique position of trust.

The words someone in a relative position of power speaks, the actions they take, and the environment they create can carry more influence and pressure than other members of the group.

Individuals in a relative position of power must take extra care to ensure they are not unduly influencing or pressuring members of the group, especially with regard to consent.

Ways these individuals may take extra care include self-reflection, deferring to the organisers and ensuring that they are not seen as having more power than they have, and being open to feedback.

The CofC applies to these individuals in the same way as it would anyone else, and no claim of a breach of the CofC may be investigated either by themselves or someone who has a close relationship with them.

5. Relations with the Secretariat

The office hours of the Secretariat are 09:00 to 18:30 Central European Time. These need to be respected, with no pressure exerted to work outside of office hours.

The Secretariat should not be contacted on their personal phone number, email address, or social media accounts for work-related purposes without express prior agreement.

The relationship between the Secretariat, the other JEF statutory bodies and positions of power, and the national sections, must be founded on mutual trust. If issues cannot be resolved by the Executive Board and the Secretariat, the issue will be elevated to the Permanent Contact People.

6. Obligations

Presenting the Code of Conduct

1. The Code shall be circulated ahead of and in every JEF Europe event and activity where applicable. The Code shall be presented on the first day and when deemed necessary reminders to the code shall be given by the appropriate party;

2. The Code shall be introduced using the Code of Conduct presentation;

3. The presentation of the Code of Conduct shall:

   1. ensure that participants understand its content and obligations;

   2. be appropriate to the purpose of the document;

   3. consider the type and duration of the event;

   4. The Code shall be presented by one of the organisers, facilitators, or the Contact Persons, and the means to report to the Contact Persons shall be presented at the same time;

   5. The Code shall be accessible for reference throughout the event or activity.

Permanent Contact Persons

1. Permanent Contact Persons are dedicated to ensuring safety and feeling of safety across the association and can be contacted online at anytime;

2. At least three (3) Permanent Contact Persons shall be elected by the upcoming Federal Committee and have a two-year mandate;

3. The number of Permanent Contact Persons shall be uneven in order to enable clear decision-making in cases where differing opinions arise, without the option of abstaining or not voting on the issue if that would impede making a decision;

4. The Permanent Contact Persons shall represent different gender identities;

5. The Permanent Contact Persons shall, to the greatest extent possible, reflect the diversity of JEF's membership, including different gender identities and, where possible, different backgrounds with regard to disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and geographical origin, so that all members can find a Contact Person with relevant lived experience;

6. The Permanent Contact Persons shall be familiar with the Code of Conduct and charged to interpret and act in accordance;

7. In case the Permanent Contact Person is unable to continue in the role or resigns, a new Permanent Contact person shall be elected by the Federal Committee for the remainder of the term.
   8. When possible permanent Contact Persons may not hold a position in any of the JEF Europe Statutory bodies.

Contact Persons

1. Contact Persons are dedicated to ensuring safety and sense of safety and to being available for participants in person and online;

2. At least two (2) Contact Persons shall be appointed by the organisers for every event and activity of JEF Europe. For smaller activities with fewer than ten (10) participants, the appointment of one (1) Contact Person shall be considered sufficient;

3. For online meetings of task forces, political commissions, and similar groups, the chair(s) may act as Contact Persons unless another person is designated;

4. The Contact Persons shall be selected so that they are available throughout the event or activity and they cannot hold a position of President, Vice President or a Member of FC Presidium;

5. The organising team of an event where two or more Contact Persons are appointed, must ensure that Contact Persons represent different gender identities;

   1. In exceptional cases when people of multiple gender are not directly available e.g. in the organising team, contact person can be one of the participants in the event or one of the permanent contact persons can assist remotely.

   2. Wherever possible, Contact Persons should not be part of the main organising team of the event in order to ensure independence and approachability for participants.

6. The organising team must ensure that Contact Persons represent different gender identities and, wherever possible, reflect broader dimensions of diversity relevant to the event's participant profile, including disability, ethnicity, and LGBTIQ+ experience;

7. The Contact Persons shall be trained by persons familiar with the Code of Conduct in interpreting and acting in accordance with it, as well as in facilitating the follow-up of a breach;

8. The Contact Persons shall be appointed and trained ahead of the event or activity in question;
   
   8.A. The Contact Persons are advised to remain vigilant during the entirety of the event, by reducing as much as possible their consumption of alcohol and/or other substances that may affect their cognitive capabilities.

9. If you do not feel comfortable reporting to the Contact Person, if you does not feel your rights have been ensured, or if you have any complaints, please contact one of the Permanent Contact Persons;

10. When multiple organisations are collaborating in organisation of an event or other activity covered by this Code, the Contact Persons should represent multiple organising parties.

Code of Conduct form

1. A specific form is made for each individual event or activity and is only accessible by the Contact Persons and shall be actively monitored during the intended event or activity and for four (4) weeks after the end of the event or activity by the Contact Persons;

2. The form shall provide the possibility to state what happened and what they wish that the next steps are;

3. The form shall have the possibility to provide one’s contact details or opt for anonymity;

4. There shall be a permanent form available on JEF website through which the Permanent Contact Persons can be contacted anonymously.

7. Application

This section outlines the scope of application of the Code of Conduct, including to whom it applies and in which contexts, settings, and circumstances it is to be observed.

To whom this Code of Conduct apply:

As outlined in the Introduction chapter and chapter on power relations , the CofC applies to all JEF events and those in a position of power.

The CofC does not apply to events of national sections and other affiliated organisations of JEF, unless the European bodies are involved as co-organisers, as enforcement does not fall under the responsibility of the statutory bodies.

National sections and other affiliated organisations of JEF are entrusted to comply with their legal responsibilities in all events and if this is in any question then appropriate measures will be taken, including the recommendation of disaffiliation pending a vote.

JEF Europe encourages national sections and affiliated organisations to adopt and enforce their own Codes of Conduct or comparable safeguarding policies adapted to their national context. In cases where such a document does not exist, this Code of Conduct may be used as a guiding framework for ensuring safe, respectful, and inclusive participation in their activities until a dedicated document is developed and adopted at the national level.

When registering for or participating in a JEF event, each participant accepts and commits to these rules by default.

JEF Europe requires that the behaviour of an individual participating in any offline or online activity of JEF Europe, or representing JEF Europe in external events, meetings, public communication, or online spaces, must be consistent with and follow these rules.

Participants in JEF activities are encouraged to report any potential violations of the Code of Conduct. At the beginning of each event, organisers must clearly explain the reporting procedures and ensure that any reported concerns are reviewed according to the established process.

As a participant in JEF Europe activities, you are expected to understand and follow the Code, as well as your obligations under the law applicable wherever you are. JEF Europe recognises that its network is conducting activities that also involve the participation of minors on occasion. The Protection Guidelines for Minors of JEF Europe detail the additional safeguarding measures to be applied in case of the participation of minors.

The organisers of an event have a duty of care for anyone who is involved in a potential violation of the CofC and must follow the accordant safeguarding procedures.

As JEF events may occasionally include participants who are legally considered minors (defined for the purposes of JEF as individuals under 18 years of age), organisers have additional safeguarding responsibilities.

If you are ever in doubt about how to follow the rules set in the Code of Conduct, you are encouraged to ask for guidance from any of the Contact Persons (as defined in Section 11).

1 The Protection Guidelines for Minors of JEF Europe, 2023, available on the internal area of JEF Europe website, https://drive.google.com/file/d/19AvgewbUmsfGPuN7ziWy-M8KE1xqCGRd/view?usp=sharing

Where and when this Code applies:

The Code of Conduct applies during both online and offline activities of JEF Europe, in both formal and informal settings. The Code also applies between JEF Europe events, including in all communication channels affiliated with JEF Europe, such as messaging platforms, social media, email communication, and other digital spaces used by the organisation, as well as in communications with the staff of the JEF Europe Secretariat.

This Code may apply or act as a guide, at the discretion of the organisers, within events hosted by more than one JEF section where no similar document has been adopted. When collaborating with other organisations with their Codes of Conduct or comparable documents, the organising parties will decide which document shall apply but the JEF party involved needs to ensure that the minimum standards set in this document are a reality also in the given collaboration.

A formal setting shall be understood as including any part of the working programme of an event, Task Force or Political Commission meetings, and statutory bodies’ meetings.

Informal settings shall be understood as including any activities happening in connection to a formal meeting or any other JEF Europe event, including social media interactions directly related to JEF Europe activities, or other informal get-together clearly linked to JEF Europe activities. Activities surrounding the working programme, including, but not limited to, social events and online communication, shall be considered as informal settings.

8. Reporting

The Code of Conduct applies to every member of JEF Europe and every participant in a JEF activity, regardless of their role in the organisation. If you observe or experience behaviour that concerns you, or that may represent a violation of our Code, please raise the issue with one of the Contact Persons promptly, provided you feel comfortable doing so. You may choose to report anonymously or be accompanied by a person you trust when making a report. This will allow JEF Europe an opportunity to deal with the issue and correct it, ideally before it becomes a violation of law or a risk to health or security.

Situations can be reported to the event Contact Persons up to four weeks after the event, and the anonymous form will remain open for the same period. The Permanent Contact Persons may be contacted at any time, with no fixed deadline, and their route is fully equivalent to the event-specific route.

Inappropriate or unwanted behaviour or action can be reported through:

1. One or more of the Contact Persons presented at the beginning of the activity, in person or online;

2. A Code of conduct form that can be used to report anonymously;

3. Other means mentioned in the beginning of the event or activity.

JEF Europe is committed to ensuring that reporting processes are accessible to all participants, including those with disabilities. Where necessary, reasonable accommodations should be provided to ensure equal access to the reporting process. Reports may be made verbally (in person or by call) as well as in writing. The reporting form shall be available in plain language and, where possible, easy-read format. A support person of the reporter's choosing may accompany them throughout any reporting or follow-up process.

9. Enforcement

In case of any breach from the Code of Conduct, the dedicated contact persons at the event or activity are required to, on their best judgement and with the consent of the person affected by the conduct, in proportionate and progressive measures and depending on the severity of the action:

1. Remind participants of their obligation to act in accordance with the present Code of Conduct and give them advice on how to do so;

2. Engage in a one to one conversation with the person in breach of the Code to make sure that there is a mutual understanding of the nature of the inappropriate action, including clarifying and explaining possible misunderstandings and intercultural differences;

3. Inform, only when necessary, the other organisers of the event or the meeting chairs about the problematic behaviour or the violation of the Code;

4. Facilitate a structured conversation between parties to resolve the situation, should the affected party in the situation consent to such conversation;

5. In consultation with the organising team and the facilitators of the activity, suspend the session and/or ban the person in breach of the Code from attending the remainder of the event or activity;

6. In consultation with the organising team and the facilitators of the activity and the Arbitration Board, the Executive Board may impose sanctions up to and including restrict or ban participation temporarily or permanently in future JEF Europe activities.

In the case of violent or other potentially illegal behaviour, contact the police in consultation with the person affected in accordance with the national law.

The Executive Board in consultation with organisers and contact persons of the event may decide to suspend or permanently ban the person in breach of the Code from future attending JEF events or activities. The decision shall be taken within a month after the report is received.

In situations where the person reporting is known, they should be communicated with as soon as practical about reception of their report. In any case, the action agreed on by the contact persons and the person reporting should be taken as soon as possible and when possible, during the event. The case is closed when all of the agreed on steps have been taken to resolve the situation and all the parties involved in the report have been made aware of the steps taken and of the closure. When applicable and the reporting person is known, the Contact Persons may encourage them to seek professional advice or help.

If a report leads to a formal follow-up or investigation, the person whose behaviour is being examined shall be informed of the concern raised and the nature of the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct. This communication shall take place as soon as reasonably possible, while ensuring that the identity of the reporting person remains confidential if anonymity has been requested. All parties involved shall be treated fairly and respectfully throughout the process.

10. Legal steps

This Code applies to all participants, organisers, trainers, elected representatives, staff members, and any other individuals involved in JEF Europe activities.

They are expected to comply with the Code of Conduct as well as all applicable laws, rules and regulations. In a case where the provision of the Code of Conduct should conflict with applicable law, the law prevails.

In cases where behaviour may constitute a criminal offence under applicable national law, including but not limited to physical violence, threats, harassment, or discrimination prohibited by law, the Contact Persons, in consultation with the person affected whenever possible, may contact the relevant law enforcement authorities where required or appropriate under national legislation.

Such measures do not limit or interfere with the right of the affected person or group to independently pursue legal action or seek protection through the appropriate legal channels.

11. Privacy

To protect the privacy of all parties concerned, the Contact Persons and other persons involved in the process are bound to confidentiality and discretion regarding any information they become aware of during the reporting process, except if any legal procedure requires it or for the safety of the individual.

The Contact Persons and other persons involved in the process shall not disclose the identities of the parties concerned without their prior consent.

The Permanent Contact Persons shall develop and maintain an internal guidance document for Contact Persons. This document shall contain anonymised descriptions of cases and practical guidance on how different situations have been handled in the past. All information included in this guide must be fully anonymised and written in a way that prevents any case from being traced back to specific individuals, events, or locations. The purpose of this document is to support future Contact Persons in responding appropriately to potential breaches of the Code of Conduct while preserving the privacy and confidentiality of all parties involved.

In the cases where the Executive Board may decide to ban or suspend someone from attending further JEF events, the decision may be reflected in the minutes of that meeting in a way so as to guarantee the anonymity of the persons involved in that Code of Conduct breach.

Submitted by Cyprien BETTINI, Konstantin PETRY, Directly-Elected FC Members for the Spring FC 2026 in Belgrade.

Preamble

JEF Europe,

having regard to the Ventotene Manifesto and the Hertenstein declaration, having regard to the Statutes of JEF Europe,

having regard to the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe,

whereas:

A. The Federalist movement historically emerged during the Second World War in opposition to Nazism and fascism;

B. Contemporary far-right political parties, in some cases, continue to reproduce elements of fascist ideology, rhetoric and symbolism;

C. Political institutions, notably the European Parliament, have developed the practice of the cordon sanitaire, consisting of refusing cooperation, contact or alliances with far-right parties and groups within parliamentary institutions;

D. Far-right parties have sought to circumvent this practice through strategies of ‘normalisation’ (also referred to as ‘de-demonisation’), aimed at occupying public debate and moderating their rhetoric to appear acceptable to the general public, the media and institutions;

E. Such strategies, while effective in institutional terms, do not alter the fundamentally exclusionary and harmful ideological core of these movements;

F. Far-right thinkers and ideologues have increasingly sought to appropriate the European project, including Dominique Venner and Alain de Benoist, and whereas these ideas have been taken up by far-right and radical-right political parties as part of their European-level normalisation strategies;

G. This development has already had concrete consequences within the European Parliament, where the EPP has formed coalitions with PfE, ESN and ECR to adopt some amended proposals in spite of the mainstream coalition partners (S&D, Renew, the Greens).

H. Additional organisations, currently marginal, have been established to promote ideas associated with Dominique Venner without explicitly acknowledging their ideological origins;

I. One such organisation was the former JEF Lithuania interest group that referenced to federalism with euro-nationalist concepts, notably the notion of a so called ‘layered identity’ (region–nation–Europe) defining belonging to a ‘European civilisation’, and reflecting an essentialist vision of Europe based on ethnic differentiation rather than civic equality;

J. Other similar organisations may seek in-person and online contact with JEF Europe, its sections and its partners, under the guise of purportedly federalist and/or pro-european advocacy;

K. JEF Europe and its sections must not confer public legitimacy or institutional access upon organisations whose values are incompatible with those of the movement;

L. Whereas JEF Europe aims to play its part in fighting and countering the rise of the Far-right, joining or forming broad alliances against it with the aim of preventing it from ever gaining political leadership in Europe;

M. JEF Europe, as a non-party organisation, applies the principle of transpartisanship in order to engage with all political actors, while excluding cooperation with actors whose values are incompatible with its own;

JEF Europe therefore:

Article 1: Definitions and scope

1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, operational criteria for the following political currents:

● Nationalism: The willingness of a social group to form a common political community. Originally an idea from the French revolution, that is focused on the equality between citizens, it nowadays often implies the superiority of said nation upon the others.

● Far right: Political movements that want to focus politics around a set, and therefore, unpluralistic, identity.

● Antisemitic, racist, and other inegalitarian movements that build themselves around the belief that one group of people is unequal to other groups

● Authoritarian, and therefore undemocratic groups, may they be left or right or neither of the two

2. Decides for the purpose of the present Resolution to call the above-mentioned organisations as Far-right and Radical-right organisations and individuals (FROIs). 3. Decides to cease and refrain from all partnerships with organisations that: (a) promote ideas manifestly associated with FROIs; or

(b) adopt attitudes or ideologies manifestly incompatible with the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe.

4. Decides that the identification, monitoring and classification of FROIs shall be coordinated by the Federal Committee, as precised in Article 4 of the present Resolution.

Article 2: Political activities and campaigns of JEF Europe

4. Decides that JEF Europe, its Secretariat and the members of its governing bodies shall not participate in any activity involving one or more organisations.

5. Considers that such activities include, inter alia:

(a) demonstrations and political events;

(b) conferences, debates, round tables or other forms of exchange;

(c) meetings with elected representatives, institutional partners or civil society organisations;

(d) internal and external communication activities;

(e) any other activity liable to affect the public image of JEF Europe, its sections or its members.

6. Decides that all forthcoming campaigns shall prioritise the fight against the far right and that the participation of the JEF in collaborative campaigns shall be conditional upon compliance with this requirement.

6a. Calls on JEF Europe to coordinate national campaigns against the far-right on a European level, including those by other organizations.

Article 3: Political activities and campaigns of the sections

6. Encourages the sections of JEF Europe to apply the principles set out in this resolution at national and local level;

7. Strongly advises sections not to cooperate with:

(a) representatives of FROIs, their local chapters or affiliated entities;

(b)individuals or organisations not identified as FROIs but whose ideology is manifestly incompatible with the political platform or Code of Conduct of JEF Europe.

8. Calls on sections to raise awareness among their members of the importance of this resolution through training activities, structured discussions or dedicated events;

(b)individuals or organisations not identified as FROIs but whose ideology is manifestly incompatible with the political platform or Code of Conduct of JEF Europe. 8. Calls on sections to raise awareness among their members of the importance of this resolution through training activities, structured discussions or dedicated events; 9. Strongly encourages sections, in accordance with their own Codes of Conduct and internal procedures, to engage in structured dialogue with any member who has established links with an organisation listed in Annex I.

(c) calls on the sections to contribute to campaigns against the far-right within their countries, including those by other organizations.

Article 4: Implementation and enforcement

10. Tasks the Task Force "Fighting Nationalism" - or in case of its dissolution the Presidium of the Federal Committee - to provide implementation recommendations to the Executive Board if deemed necessary, which shall contain:

a. Define which organisations and individuals are associated with FROIs; b. Monitor FROIs activities;

c. Develop political and advocacy tools to address FROIs;

d. Alert any relevant JEF bodies when a member or a section are approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

e. Conduct any activities, within the limit of the JEF statutes, to ensure the correct enforcement of the present Resolution.

11. Entrusts the Executive Board to:

a. Distance themselves from any FROIs identified by the Federal committee; b. Enforce, in a joint effort with the FC, the present resolution;

c. Inform sections upon the decisions taken in the framework of the present resolution;

d. Inform a section whose member(s) might have been approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

12. Deems the Arbitration board relevant to solve any inter-personal and/or statutory issue related to the present resolution.

Submitted by Cyprien BETTINI, Konstantin PETRY, Directly-Elected FC Members for the Spring FC 2026 in Belgrade.

Preamble

JEF Europe,

having regard to the Ventotene Manifesto and the Hertenstein declaration, having regard to the Statutes of JEF Europe,

having regard to the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe,

whereas:

A. The Federalist movement historically emerged during the Second World War in opposition to Nazism and fascism;

B. Contemporary far-right political parties, in some cases, continue to reproduce elements of fascist ideology, rhetoric and symbolism;

C. Political institutions, notably the European Parliament, have developed the practice of the cordon sanitaire, consisting of refusing cooperation, contact or alliances with far-right parties and groups within parliamentary institutions;

D. Far-right parties have sought to circumvent this practice through strategies of ‘normalisation’ (also referred to as ‘de-demonisation’), aimed at occupying public debate and moderating their rhetoric to appear acceptable to the general public, the media and institutions;

E. Such strategies, while effective in institutional terms, do not alter the fundamentally exclusionary and harmful ideological core of these movements;

F. Far-right thinkers and ideologues have increasingly sought to appropriate the European project, including Dominique Venner and Alain de Benoist, and whereas these ideas have been taken up by far-right and radical-right political parties as part of their European-level normalisation strategies;

G. This development has already had concrete consequences within the European Parliament, where the EPP has formed coalitions with PfE, ESN and ECR to adopt some amended proposals in spite of the mainstream coalition partners (S&D, Renew, the Greens).

H. Additional organisations, currently marginal, have been established to promote ideas associated with Dominique Venner without explicitly acknowledging their ideological origins;

I. One such organisation was the former JEF Lithuania interest group that referenced to federalism with euro-nationalist concepts, notably the notion of a so called ‘layered identity’ (region–nation–Europe) defining belonging to a ‘European civilisation’, and reflecting an essentialist vision of Europe based on ethnic differentiation rather than civic equality;

J. Other similar organisations may seek in-person and online contact with JEF Europe, its sections and its partners, under the guise of purportedly federalist and/or pro-european advocacy;

K. JEF Europe and its sections must not confer public legitimacy or institutional access upon organisations whose values are incompatible with those of the movement;

L. Whereas JEF Europe aims to play its part in fighting and countering the rise of the Far-right, joining or forming broad alliances against it with the aim of preventing it from ever gaining political leadership in Europe;

M. JEF Europe, as a non-party organisation, applies the principle of transpartisanship in order to engage with all political actors, while excluding cooperation with actors whose values are incompatible with its own;

JEF Europe therefore:

Article 1: Definitions and scope

1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, operational criteria for the following political currents:

● Nationalism: The willingness of a social group to form a common political community. Originally an idea from the French revolution, that is focused on the equality between citizens, it nowadays often implies the superiority of said nation upon the others.

● Far right: Political movements that want to focus politics around a set, and therefore, unpluralistic, identity.

● Antisemitic, racist, and other inegalitarian movements that build themselves around the belief that one group of people is unequal to other groups

● Authoritarian, and therefore undemocratic groups, may they be left or right or neither of the two

2. Decides for the purpose of the present Resolution to call the above-mentioned organisations as Far-right and Radical-right organisations and individuals (FROIs). 3. Decides to cease and refrain from all partnerships with organisations that: (a) promote ideas manifestly associated with FROIs; or

(b) adopt attitudes or ideologies manifestly incompatible with the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe.

4. Decides that the identification, monitoring and classification of FROIs shall be coordinated by the Federal Committee, as precised in Article 4 of the present Resolution.

Article 2: Political activities and campaigns of JEF Europe

4. Decides that JEF Europe, its Secretariat and the members of its governing bodies shall not participate in any activity involving one or more organisations.

5. Considers that such activities include, inter alia:

(a) demonstrations and political events;

(b) conferences, debates, round tables or other forms of exchange;

(c) meetings with elected representatives, institutional partners or civil society organisations;

(d) internal and external communication activities;

(e) any other activity liable to affect the public image of JEF Europe, its sections or its members.

6. Decides that forthcoming campaigns and cooperations of JEF Europe shall consider the fight against the far right as a matter priority.

Article 3: Political activities and campaigns of the sections

6. Encourages the sections of JEF Europe to apply the principles set out in this resolution at national and local level;

7. Strongly advises sections not to cooperate with:

(a) representatives of FROIs, their local chapters or affiliated entities;

(b)individuals or organisations not identified as FROIs but whose ideology is manifestly incompatible with the political platform or Code of Conduct of JEF Europe.

8. Calls on sections to raise awareness among their members of the importance of this resolution through training activities, structured discussions or dedicated events;

(b)individuals or organisations not identified as FROIs but whose ideology is manifestly incompatible with the political platform or Code of Conduct of JEF Europe. 8. Calls on sections to raise awareness among their members of the importance of this resolution through training activities, structured discussions or dedicated events; 9. Strongly encourages sections, in accordance with their own Codes of Conduct and internal procedures, to engage in structured dialogue with any member who has established links with an organisation listed in Annex I.

(c) calls on the sections to contribute to campaigns against the far-right within their countries, including those by other organizations.

Article 4: Implementation and enforcement

10. Tasks the Task Force "Fighting Nationalism" - or in case of its dissolution the Presidium of the Federal Committee - to provide implementation recommendations to the Executive Board if deemed necessary, which shall contain:

a. Define which organisations and individuals are associated with FROIs; b. Monitor FROIs activities;

c. Develop political and advocacy tools to address FROIs;

d. Alert any relevant JEF bodies when a member or a section are approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

e. Conduct any activities, within the limit of the JEF statutes, to ensure the correct enforcement of the present Resolution.

11. Entrusts the Executive Board to:

a. Distance themselves from any FROIs identified by the Federal committee; b. Enforce, in a joint effort with the FC, the present resolution;

c. Inform sections upon the decisions taken in the framework of the present resolution;

d. Inform a section whose member(s) might have been approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

12. Deems the Arbitration board relevant to solve any inter-personal and/or statutory issue related to the present resolution.

Submitted by Cyprien BETTINI, Konstantin PETRY, Directly-Elected FC Members for the Spring FC 2026 in Belgrade.

Preamble

JEF Europe,

having regard to the Ventotene Manifesto and the Hertenstein declaration, having regard to the Statutes of JEF Europe,

having regard to the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe,

whereas:

A. The Federalist movement historically emerged during the Second World War in opposition to Nazism and fascism;

B. Contemporary far-right political parties, in some cases, continue to reproduce elements of fascist ideology, rhetoric and symbolism;

C. Political institutions, notably the European Parliament, have developed the practice of the cordon sanitaire, consisting of refusing cooperation, contact or alliances with far-right parties and groups within parliamentary institutions;

D. Far-right parties have sought to circumvent this practice through strategies of ‘normalisation’ (also referred to as ‘de-demonisation’), aimed at occupying public debate and moderating their rhetoric to appear acceptable to the general public, the media and institutions;

E. Such strategies, while effective in institutional terms, do not alter the fundamentally exclusionary and harmful ideological core of these movements;

F. Far-right thinkers and ideologues have increasingly sought to appropriate the European project, including Dominique Venner and Alain de Benoist, and whereas these ideas have been taken up by far-right and radical-right political parties as part of their European-level normalisation strategies;

G. This development has already had concrete consequences within the European Parliament, where the EPP has formed coalitions with PfE, ESN and ECR to adopt some amended proposals in spite of the mainstream coalition partners (S&D, Renew, the Greens).

H. Additional organisations, currently marginal, have been established to promote ideas associated with Dominique Venner without explicitly acknowledging their ideological origins;

I. One such organisation was the former JEF Lithuania interest group that referenced to federalism with euro-nationalist concepts, notably the notion of a so called ‘layered identity’ (region–nation–Europe) defining belonging to a ‘European civilisation’, and reflecting an essentialist vision of Europe based on ethnic differentiation rather than civic equality;

J. Other similar organisations may seek in-person and online contact with JEF Europe, its sections and its partners, under the guise of purportedly federalist and/or pro-european advocacy;

K. JEF Europe and its sections must not confer public legitimacy or institutional access upon organisations whose values are incompatible with those of the movement;

L. Whereas JEF Europe aims to play its part in fighting and countering the rise of the Far-right, joining or forming broad alliances against it with the aim of preventing it from ever gaining political leadership in Europe;

M. JEF Europe, as a non-party organisation, applies the principle of transpartisanship in order to engage with all political actors, while excluding cooperation with actors whose values are incompatible with its own;

JEF Europe therefore:

Article 1: Definitions and scope

1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, operational criteria for the following political currents:

● Nationalism: The willingness of a social group to form a common political community. Originally an idea from the French revolution, that is focused on the equality between citizens, it nowadays often implies the superiority of said nation upon the others.

● Far right: Political movements that want to focus politics around a set, and therefore, unpluralistic, identity.

● Antisemitic, racist, and other inegalitarian movements that build themselves around the belief that one group of people is unequal to other groups

● Authoritarian, and therefore undemocratic groups, may they be left or right or neither of the two

2. Decides for the purpose of the present Resolution to call the above-mentioned organisations as Far-right and Radical-right organisations and individuals (FROIs). 3. Decides to cease and refrain from all partnerships with organisations that: (a) promote ideas manifestly associated with FROIs; or

(b) adopt attitudes or ideologies manifestly incompatible with the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe.

4. Decides that the identification, monitoring and classification of FROIs shall be coordinated by the Federal Committee, as precised in Article 4 of the present Resolution.

Article 2: Political activities and campaigns of JEF Europe

4. Decides that JEF Europe, its Secretariat and the members of its governing bodies shall not participate in any activity involving one or more organisations.

5. Considers that such activities include, inter alia:

(a) demonstrations and political events;

(b) conferences, debates, round tables or other forms of exchange;

(c) meetings with elected representatives, institutional partners or civil society organisations;

(d) internal and external communication activities;

(e) any other activity liable to affect the public image of JEF Europe, its sections or its members.

6. Decides that forthcoming campaigns and cooperations of JEF Europe shall consider the fight against the far right as a matter priority.

Article 3: Political activities and campaigns of the sections

6. Encourages the sections of JEF Europe to apply the principles set out in this resolution at national and local level;

7. Strongly advises sections not to cooperate with:

(a) representatives of FROIs, their local chapters or affiliated entities;

(b)individuals or organisations not identified as FROIs but whose ideology is manifestly incompatible with the political platform or Code of Conduct of JEF Europe.

8. Calls on sections to raise awareness among their members of the importance of this resolution through training activities, structured discussions or dedicated events;

9. Strongly encourages sections, in accordance with their own Codes of Conduct and internal procedures, to engage in structured dialogue with any member who has established links with FROIs.

Article 4: Implementation and enforcement

10. Tasks the Task Force "Fighting Nationalism" - or in case of its dissolution the Presidium of the Federal Committee - to provide implementation recommendations to the Executive Board if deemed necessary, which shall contain:

a. Define which organisations and individuals are associated with FROIs; b. Monitor FROIs activities;

c. Develop political and advocacy tools to address FROIs;

d. Alert any relevant JEF bodies when a member or a section are approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

e. Conduct any activities, within the limit of the JEF statutes, to ensure the correct enforcement of the present Resolution.

11. Entrusts the Executive Board to:

a. Distance themselves from any FROIs identified by the Federal committee; b. Enforce, in a joint effort with the FC, the present resolution;

c. Inform sections upon the decisions taken in the framework of the present resolution;

d. Inform a section whose member(s) might have been approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

12. Deems the Arbitration board relevant to solve any inter-personal and/or statutory issue related to the present resolution.

Submitted by Cyprien BETTINI, Konstantin PETRY, Directly-Elected FC Members for the Spring FC 2026 in Belgrade.

Preamble

JEF Europe,

having regard to the Ventotene Manifesto and the Hertenstein declaration, having regard to the Statutes of JEF Europe,

having regard to the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe,

whereas:

A. The Federalist movement historically emerged during the Second World War in opposition to Nazism and fascism;

B. Contemporary far-right political parties, in some cases, continue to reproduce elements of fascist ideology, rhetoric and symbolism;

C. Political institutions, notably the European Parliament, have developed the practice of the cordon sanitaire, consisting of refusing cooperation, contact or alliances with far-right parties and groups within parliamentary institutions;

D. Far-right parties have sought to circumvent this practice through strategies of ‘normalisation’ (also referred to as ‘de-demonisation’), aimed at occupying public debate and moderating their rhetoric to appear acceptable to the general public, the media and institutions;

E. Such strategies, while effective in institutional terms, do not alter the fundamentally exclusionary and harmful ideological core of these movements;

F. Far-right thinkers and ideologues have increasingly sought to appropriate the European project, including Dominique Venner and Alain de Benoist, and whereas these ideas have been taken up by far-right and radical-right political parties as part of their European-level normalisation strategies;

G. This development has already had concrete consequences within the European Parliament, where the EPP has formed coalitions with PfE, ESN and ECR to adopt some amended proposals in spite of the mainstream coalition partners (S&D, Renew, the Greens).

H. Additional organisations, currently marginal, have been established to promote ideas associated with Dominique Venner without explicitly acknowledging their ideological origins;

I. One such organisation was the former JEF Lithuania interest group that referenced to federalism with euro-nationalist concepts, notably the notion of a so called ‘layered identity’ (region–nation–Europe) defining belonging to a ‘European civilisation’, and reflecting an essentialist vision of Europe based on ethnic differentiation rather than civic equality;

J. Other similar organisations may seek in-person and online contact with JEF Europe, its sections and its partners, under the guise of purportedly federalist and/or pro-european advocacy;

K. JEF Europe and its sections must not confer public legitimacy or institutional access upon organisations whose values are incompatible with those of the movement;

L. Whereas JEF Europe aims to play its part in fighting and countering the rise of the Far-right, joining or forming broad alliances against it with the aim of preventing it from ever gaining political leadership in Europe;

M. JEF Europe, as a non-party organisation, applies the principle of transpartisanship in order to engage with all political actors, while excluding cooperation with actors whose values are incompatible with its own;

JEF Europe therefore:

Article 1: Definitions and scope

1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, operational criteria for the following political currents:

● Nationalism: The willingness of a social group to form a common political community. Originally an idea from the French revolution, that is focused on the equality between citizens, it nowadays often implies the superiority of said nation upon the others.

● Far right: Political movements that want to focus politics around a set, and therefore, unpluralistic, identity.

● Antisemitic, racist, and other inegalitarian movements that build themselves around the belief that one group of people is unequal to other groups

● Authoritarian, and therefore undemocratic groups, may they be left or right or neither of the two

2. Decides for the purpose of the present Resolution to call the above-mentioned organisations as Far-right and Radical-right organisations and individuals (FROIs). 3. Decides to cease and refrain from all partnerships with organisations that: (a) promote ideas manifestly associated with FROIs; or

(b) adopt attitudes or ideologies manifestly incompatible with the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe.

4. Decides that the identification, monitoring and classification of FROIs shall be coordinated by the Federal Committee, as precised in Article 4 of the present Resolution.

Article 2: Political activities and campaigns of JEF Europe

4. Decides that JEF Europe, its Secretariat and the members of its governing bodies shall not participate in any activity involving one or more organisations.

5. Considers that such activities include, inter alia:

(a) demonstrations and political events;

(b) conferences, debates, round tables or other forms of exchange;

(c) meetings with elected representatives, institutional partners or civil society organisations;

(d) internal and external communication activities;

(e) any other activity liable to affect the public image of JEF Europe, its sections or its members.

6. Decides that forthcoming campaigns and cooperations of JEF Europe shall consider the fight against the far right as a matter priority.

Article 3: Political activities and campaigns of the sections

6. Encourages the sections of JEF Europe to apply the principles set out in this resolution at national and local level;

7. Strongly advises sections not to cooperate with:

(a) representatives of FROIs, their local chapters or affiliated entities;

(b)individuals or organisations not identified as FROIs but whose ideology is manifestly incompatible with the political platform or Code of Conduct of JEF Europe.

8. Calls on sections to raise awareness among their members of the importance of this resolution through training activities, structured discussions or dedicated events;

9. Strongly encourages sections, in accordance with their own Codes of Conduct and internal procedures, to engage in structured dialogue with any member who has established links with FROIs.

Article 4: Implementation and enforcement

10. Sets-up a Task-Force dedicated to the correct implementation of the present Resolution, which shall:

a. Define which organisations and individuals are associated with FROIs; b. Monitor FROIs activities;

c. Develop political and advocacy tools to address FROIs;

d. Alert any relevant JEF bodies when a member or a section are approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

e. Conduct any activities, within the limit of the JEF statutes, to ensure the correct enforcement of the present Resolution.

11. Entrusts the Executive Board to:

a. Distance themselves from any FROIs identified by the Federal committee; b. Enforce, in a joint effort with the FC, the present resolution;

c. Inform sections upon the decisions taken in the framework of the present resolution;

d. Inform a section whose member(s) might have been approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

12. Deems the Arbitration board relevant to solve any inter-personal and/or statutory issue related to the present resolution.

Submitted by Cyprien BETTINI, Konstantin PETRY, Directly-Elected FC Members for the Spring FC 2026 in Belgrade.

Preamble

JEF Europe,

having regard to the Ventotene Manifesto and the Hertenstein declaration, having regard to the Statutes of JEF Europe,

having regard to the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe,

whereas:

A. The Federalist movement historically emerged during the Second World War in opposition to Nazism and fascism;

B. Contemporary far-right political parties, in some cases, continue to reproduce elements of fascist ideology, rhetoric and symbolism;

C. Political institutions, notably the European Parliament, have developed the practice of the cordon sanitaire, consisting of refusing cooperation, contact or alliances with far-right parties and groups within parliamentary institutions;

D. Far-right parties have sought to circumvent this practice through strategies of ‘normalisation’ (also referred to as ‘de-demonisation’), aimed at occupying public debate and moderating their rhetoric to appear acceptable to the general public, the media and institutions;

E. Such strategies, while effective in institutional terms, do not alter the fundamentally exclusionary and harmful ideological core of these movements;

F. Far-right thinkers and ideologues have increasingly sought to appropriate the European project, including Dominique Venner and Alain de Benoist, and whereas these ideas have been taken up by far-right and radical-right political parties as part of their European-level normalisation strategies;

G. This development has already had concrete consequences within the European Parliament, where the EPP has formed coalitions with PfE, ESN and ECR to adopt some amended proposals in spite of the mainstream coalition partners (S&D, Renew, the Greens).

H. Additional organisations, currently marginal, have been established to promote ideas associated with Dominique Venner without explicitly acknowledging their ideological origins;

I. One such organisation was the former JEF Lithuania interest group that referenced to federalism with euro-nationalist concepts, notably the notion of a so called ‘layered identity’ (region–nation–Europe) defining belonging to a ‘European civilisation’, and reflecting an essentialist vision of Europe based on ethnic differentiation rather than civic equality;

J. Other similar organisations may seek in-person and online contact with JEF Europe, its sections and its partners, under the guise of purportedly federalist and/or pro-european advocacy;

K. JEF Europe and its sections must not confer public legitimacy or institutional access upon organisations whose values are incompatible with those of the movement;

L. Whereas JEF Europe aims to play its part in fighting and countering the rise of the Far-right, joining or forming broad alliances against it with the aim of preventing it from ever gaining political leadership in Europe;

M. JEF Europe, as a non-party organisation, applies the principle of transpartisanship in order to engage with all political actors, while excluding cooperation with actors whose values are incompatible with its own;

JEF Europe therefore:

Article 1: Definitions and scope

1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, operational criteria for the following political currents:

● Nationalism: The willingness of a social group to form a common political community. Originally an idea from the French revolution, that is focused on the equality between citizens, it nowadays often implies the superiority of said nation upon the others.

● Far right: Political movements that want to focus politics around a set, and therefore, unpluralistic, identity.

● Antisemitic, racist, and other inegalitarian movements that build themselves around the belief that one group of people is unequal to other groups

● Authoritarian, and therefore undemocratic groups, may they be left or right or neither of the two

2. Decides for the purpose of the present Resolution to call the above-mentioned organisations as Far-right and Radical-right organisations and individuals (FROIs). 3. Decides to cease and refrain from all partnerships with organisations that: (a) promote ideas manifestly associated with FROIs; or

(b) adopt attitudes or ideologies manifestly incompatible with the Code of Conduct of JEF Europe.

4. Decides that the identification, monitoring and classification of FROIs shall be coordinated by the Federal Committee, as precised in Article 4 of the present Resolution.

Article 2: Political activities and campaigns of JEF Europe

4. Decides that JEF Europe, its Secretariat and the members of its governing bodies shall not participate in any activity involving one or more organisations.

5. Considers that such activities include, inter alia:

(a) demonstrations and political events;

(b) conferences, debates, round tables or other forms of exchange;

(c) meetings with elected representatives, institutional partners or civil society organisations;

(d) internal and external communication activities;

(e) any other activity liable to affect the public image of JEF Europe, its sections or its members.

6. Decides that forthcoming campaigns and cooperations of JEF Europe shall consider the fight against the far right as a matter priority.

Article 3: Political activities and campaigns of the sections

6. Encourages the sections of JEF Europe to apply the principles set out in this resolution at national and local level;

7. Strongly advises sections not to cooperate with:

(a) representatives of FROIs, their local chapters or affiliated entities;

(b)individuals or organisations not identified as FROIs but whose ideology is manifestly incompatible with the political platform or Code of Conduct of JEF Europe. 8. Calls on sections to raise awareness among their members of the importance of this resolution through training activities, structured discussions or dedicated events; 9. Strongly encourages sections, in accordance with their own Codes of Conduct and internal procedures, to engage in structured dialogue with any member who has established links with an organisation listed in Annex I.

Article 4: Implementation and enforcement

10. Sets-up a Task-Force dedicated to the correct implementation of the present Resolution, which shall:

a. Define which organisations and individuals are associated with FROIs; b. Monitor FROIs activities;

c. Develop political and advocacy tools to address FROIs;

d. Alert any relevant JEF bodies when a member or a section are approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

e. Conduct any activities, within the limit of the JEF statutes, to ensure the correct enforcement of the present Resolution.

11. Entrusts the Executive Board to:

a. Distance themselves from any FROIs identified by the Federal committee; b. Enforce, in a joint effort with the FC, the present resolution;

c. Inform sections upon the decisions taken in the framework of the present resolution;

d. Inform a section whose member(s) might have been approached by and/or shared FROIs content;

12. Deems the Arbitration board relevant to solve any inter-personal and/or statutory issue related to the present resolution.

JEF Europe | Young European Federalists Federal Committee, Belgrade, April 19th, 2026

JEF Europe,

● Affirming its commitment to disseminate federalist perspectives on European and international affairs;

● Highlighting the need for a European-wide public sphere as a key building block of a well functioning European-level democracy;

● Honouring the long history of JEF’s magazine, from paper editions of The New Federalist published from the 1970s, to the web magazine launched by JEF France in 2005;
● Proud of the achievements of the JEF web magazines, today available in four languages;

● Recognising the work of national and local JEF sections which run their own magazines outside the multilingual JEF web magazine platform;

● Acknowledging that magazines published by JEF offer a platform for aspiring journalists, and enable JEF volunteers to enhance their journalistic skills and level of reflection on European affairs;

● Recognising the academic value of the web magazine, as evidenced by citations of the magazine’s articles in academic papers and research work on EU affairs;

● Convinced that the JEF web magazine is one of the leading and most well-established youth led platforms for commentary and journalism on EU affairs;

● Committed to ensuring a prominent role for the JEF web magazine in the organisation’s work and external communications;

● Recognising the need for a clear organisational framework and allocation of responsibilities between JEF Europe and the national sections regarding the management of the web magazine;

● Noting that the management of a language edition of the web magazine involves tasks such as ensuring that the edition has one or more active Editors, assuming legal responsibility for the contents published by the edition, and offering capacity-building support for the edition;

● Recognising that JEF Europe has particularly exercised leadership in managing the English language edition of the web magazine, whereas other language editions might have different kinds of relations with their JEF section of reference;

● Committed to preserving the editorial independence of all editions of the web magazine;

● Convinced of the benefits of close cooperation between the language editions of the web magazine, taking forms such as mutual translation of articles, sharing of resources, and joint editorial initiatives; English (The New Federalist), French (Le Taurillon), German (Treffpunkteuropa), and Italian (Eurobull).

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Assumes the responsibility for providing organisational and management support for the English language edition of the web magazine;

2. Recognises that every other language edition has an editorial board which holds responsibility for the functioning of the edition, and that this board might be linked, with different rules or practices, to a national or local JEF section of reference. Where needed, JEF Europe may exchange with these sections on issues related to the editions;

3. Encourages the participation of national and candidate JEF sections in countries where the language of an existing language edition is widely spoken in the management of the language editions, subject to an agreement between the sections concerned;

4. Recognises that the JEF Europe President should act as the responsible party regarding the English language edition of the web magazine, thereby holding legal responsibility for the publication;

5. Tasks each language edition to define and publicly communicate its policy for the assignment of legal responsibility for the contents published in the editions, where appropriate with the support of the national sections supporting the editions and in line with the jurisdiction applying to the language edition;

6. Requests that at the beginning of every even year, a meeting of all the representatives of the language editions will review the status of the publishing software and the social media platforms, discussing possible changes, and working in partnership with the JEF Europe Executive Board - and in particular, the Treasurer - to implement said changes.;

7. Agrees that a section or group responsible for the management of a language edition may, after giving reasonable advance notice, delegate the responsibility to JEF Europe;

8. Acknowledges that JEF France currently holds the technical management of the web platform and that, due to being out of date and difficult to update, JEF Europe will investigate the feasibility of moving to a new web platform;

9. Resolves that the decisions on the appointment and dismissal of the Editorial Board of the English language edition should be made by the JEF Europe Executive Board, acting in consultation with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition and, where appropriate, the JEF Europe Secretariat;

10. Specifies that the selection of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should follow an open and transparent application process;

11. Tasks the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition with interviewing for the Editorial Board of the edition;

12. Acknowledges that the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition possess editorial independence and responsibility regarding the management of the day-to-day affairs of the edition;

13. Commits to appoint a point of contact from within the Executive Board of JEF Europe which will be responsible for communication and coordination between JEF Europe and the English language edition;

14. Advises the sections or groups responsible for the other language editions to define the procedures for appointing and dismissing the Editor(s)-in-Chief and the editorial boards of their respective language editions, in cases where such a procedure is not already in place;

15. Requests the sections responsible for the other language editions to inform JEF Europe of the contact details of their edition’s Editor(s)-in-Chief;

16. Calls for Editors-in-Chief of the language editions to maintain consistent lines of communication, and to organise periodical meetings to discuss the cooperation between the language editions, facilitated by JEF Europe where appropriate;

17. Resolves that decisions on includinga new language edition on the publishing software should be made by JEF Europe, taking into consideration the views of the Editors-in-Chief of all the language editions;

21. Decides that where the section responsible for the edition is unable to carry out the tasks related to the management of the language edition, JEF Europe may take on the tasks, while keeping the section informed, or agree to close it down;

22. Commits to continuing its work to identify and offer capacity-building opportunities, including project funding, designed to promote the development of the web magazine;

23. Notes that the language editions of the web magazine have the possibility to share announcements via JEF Europe’s internal and external communication channels, including JEF newsletters and social media communications;

24. Encourages JEF sections to promote the opportunity to read and contribute to the web magazine, and to foster connections between the editorial team members of the language editions, the wider JEF membership, and young people at large;

25. Commits to involve the language editions, as appropriate, where JEF Europe becomes aware of an editorial collaboration opportunity with a partner.

JEF Europe | Young European Federalists Federal Committee, Belgrade, April 19th, 2026

JEF Europe,

● Affirming its commitment to disseminate federalist perspectives on European and international affairs;

● Highlighting the need for a European-wide public sphere as a key building block of a well functioning European-level democracy;

● Honouring the long history of JEF’s magazine, from paper editions of The New Federalist published from the 1970s, to the web magazine launched by JEF France in 2005;
● Proud of the achievements of the JEF web magazines, today available in four languages;

● Recognising the work of national and local JEF sections which run their own magazines outside the multilingual JEF web magazine platform;

● Acknowledging that magazines published by JEF offer a platform for aspiring journalists, and enable JEF volunteers to enhance their journalistic skills and level of reflection on European affairs;

● Recognising the academic value of the web magazine, as evidenced by citations of the magazine’s articles in academic papers and research work on EU affairs;

● Convinced that the JEF web magazine is one of the leading and most well-established youth led platforms for commentary and journalism on EU affairs;

● Committed to ensuring a prominent role for the JEF web magazine in the organisation’s work and external communications;

● Recognising the need for a clear organisational framework and allocation of responsibilities between JEF Europe and the national sections regarding the management of the web magazine;

● Noting that the management of a language edition of the web magazine involves tasks such as ensuring that the edition has one or more active Editors, assuming legal responsibility for the contents published by the edition, and offering capacity-building support for the edition;

● Recognising that JEF Europe has particularly exercised leadership in managing the English language edition of the web magazine, whereas other language editions might have different kinds of relations with their JEF section of reference;

● Committed to preserving the editorial independence of all editions of the web magazine;

● Convinced of the benefits of close cooperation between the language editions of the web magazine, taking forms such as mutual translation of articles, sharing of resources, and joint editorial initiatives; English (The New Federalist), French (Le Taurillon), German (Treffpunkteuropa), and Italian (Eurobull).

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Assumes the responsibility for providing organisational and management support for the English language edition of the web magazine;

2. Recognises that every other language edition has an editorial board which holds responsibility for the functioning of the edition, and that this board might be linked, with different rules or practices, to a national or local JEF section of reference. Where needed, JEF Europe may exchange with these sections on issues related to the editions;

3. Encourages the participation of national and candidate JEF sections in countries where the language of an existing language edition is widely spoken in the management of the language editions, subject to an agreement between the sections concerned;

4. Recognises that the JEF Europe President should act as the responsible party regarding the English language edition of the web magazine, thereby holding legal responsibility for the publication;

5. Tasks each language edition to define and publicly communicate its policy for the assignment of legal responsibility for the contents published in the editions, where appropriate with the support of the national sections supporting the editions and in line with the jurisdiction applying to the language edition;

6. Requests that at the beginning of every even year, a meeting of all the representatives of the language editions will review the status of the publishing software and the social media platforms, discussing possible changes, and working in partnership with the JEF Europe Executive Board - and in particular, the Treasurer - to implement said changes.;

7. Agrees that a section or group responsible for the management of a language edition may, after giving reasonable advance notice, delegate the responsibility to JEF Europe;

8. Acknowledges that JEF France currently holds the technical management of the web platform and that, due to being out of date and difficult to update, JEF Europe will investigate the feasibility of moving to a new web platform;

9. Resolves that the decisions on the appointment and dismissal of the Editorial Board of the English language edition should be made by the JEF Europe Executive Board, acting in consultation with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition and, where appropriate, the JEF Europe Secretariat;

10. Specifies that the selection of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should follow an open and transparent application process;

11. Tasks the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition with interviewing for the Editorial Board of the edition;

12. Acknowledges that the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition possess editorial independence and responsibility regarding the management of the day-to-day affairs of the edition;

13. Commits to appoint a point of contact from within the Executive Board of JEF Europe which will be responsible for communication and coordination between JEF Europe and the English language edition;

14. Advises the sections or groups responsible for the other language editions to define the procedures for appointing and dismissing the Editor(s)-in-Chief and the editorial boards of their respective language editions, in cases where such a procedure is not already in place;

15. Requests the sections responsible for the other language editions to inform JEF Europe of the contact details of their edition’s Editor(s)-in-Chief;

16. Calls for Editors-in-Chief of the language editions to maintain consistent lines of communication, and to organise periodical meetings to discuss the cooperation between the language editions, facilitated by JEF Europe where appropriate;

17. Resolves that decisions on includinga new language edition on the publishing software should be made by JEF Europe, taking into consideration the views of the Editors-in-Chief of all the language editions;

20. Decides that where a language edition has fallen inactive, the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions may jointly make recommendations to the section responsible for the edition and to JEF Europe regarding the course of action to be taken;

21. Decides that where the section responsible for the edition is unable to carry out the tasks related to the management of the language edition, JEF Europe may take on the tasks, while keeping the section informed;

22. Commits to continuing its work to identify and offer capacity-building opportunities, including project funding, designed to promote the development of the web magazine;

23. Notes that the language editions of the web magazine have the possibility to share announcements via JEF Europe’s internal and external communication channels, including JEF newsletters and social media communications;

24. Encourages JEF sections to promote the opportunity to read and contribute to the web magazine, and to foster connections between the editorial team members of the language editions, the wider JEF membership, and young people at large;

25. Commits to involve the language editions, as appropriate, where JEF Europe becomes aware of an editorial collaboration opportunity with a partner.

JEF Europe | Young European Federalists Federal Committee, Belgrade, April 19th, 2026

JEF Europe,

● Affirming its commitment to disseminate federalist perspectives on European and international affairs;

● Highlighting the need for a European-wide public sphere as a key building block of a well functioning European-level democracy;

● Honouring the long history of JEF’s magazine, from paper editions of The New Federalist published from the 1970s, to the web magazine launched by JEF France in 2005;
● Proud of the achievements of the JEF web magazines, today available in four languages;

● Recognising the work of national and local JEF sections which run their own magazines outside the multilingual JEF web magazine platform;

● Acknowledging that magazines published by JEF offer a platform for aspiring journalists, and enable JEF volunteers to enhance their journalistic skills and level of reflection on European affairs;

● Recognising the academic value of the web magazine, as evidenced by citations of the magazine’s articles in academic papers and research work on EU affairs;

● Convinced that the JEF web magazine is one of the leading and most well-established youth led platforms for commentary and journalism on EU affairs;

● Committed to ensuring a prominent role for the JEF web magazine in the organisation’s work and external communications;

● Recognising the need for a clear organisational framework and allocation of responsibilities between JEF Europe and the national sections regarding the management of the web magazine;

● Noting that the management of a language edition of the web magazine involves tasks such as ensuring that the edition has one or more active Editors, assuming legal responsibility for the contents published by the edition, and offering capacity-building support for the edition;

● Recognising that JEF Europe has particularly exercised leadership in managing the English language edition of the web magazine, whereas other language editions might have different kinds of relations with their JEF section of reference;

● Committed to preserving the editorial independence of all editions of the web magazine;

● Convinced of the benefits of close cooperation between the language editions of the web magazine, taking forms such as mutual translation of articles, sharing of resources, and joint editorial initiatives; English (The New Federalist), French (Le Taurillon), German (Treffpunkteuropa), and Italian (Eurobull).

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Assumes the responsibility for providing organisational and management support for the English language edition of the web magazine;

2. Recognises that every other language edition has an editorial board which holds responsibility for the functioning of the edition, and that this board might be linked, with different rules or practices, to a national or local JEF section of reference. Where needed, JEF Europe may exchange with these sections on issues related to the editions;

3. Encourages the participation of national and candidate JEF sections in countries where the language of an existing language edition is widely spoken in the management of the language editions, subject to an agreement between the sections concerned;

4. Recognises that the JEF Europe President should act as the responsible party regarding the English language edition of the web magazine, thereby holding legal responsibility for the publication;

5. Tasks each language edition to define and publicly communicate its policy for the assignment of legal responsibility for the contents published in the editions, where appropriate with the support of the national sections supporting the editions and in line with the jurisdiction applying to the language edition;

6. Requests that at the beginning of every even year, a meeting of all the representatives of the language editions will review the status of the publishing software and the social media platforms, discussing possible changes, and working in partnership with the JEF Europe Executive Board - and in particular, the Treasurer - to implement said changes.;

7. Agrees that a section or group responsible for the management of a language edition may, after giving reasonable advance notice, delegate the responsibility to JEF Europe;

8. Acknowledges that JEF France currently holds the technical management of the web platform and that, due to being out of date and difficult to update, JEF Europe will investigate the feasibility of moving to a new web platform;

9. Resolves that the decisions on the appointment and dismissal of the Editorial Board of the English language edition should be made by the JEF Europe Executive Board, acting in consultation with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition and, where appropriate, the JEF Europe Secretariat;

10. Specifies that the selection of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should follow an open and transparent application process;

11. Tasks the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition with interviewing for the Editorial Board of the edition;

12. Acknowledges that the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition possess editorial independence and responsibility regarding the management of the day-to-day affairs of the edition;

13. Commits to appoint a point of contact from within the Executive Board of JEF Europe which will be responsible for communication and coordination between JEF Europe and the English language edition;

14. Advises the sections or groups responsible for the other language editions to define the procedures for appointing and dismissing the Editor(s)-in-Chief and the editorial boards of their respective language editions, in cases where such a procedure is not already in place;

15. Requests the sections responsible for the other language editions to inform JEF Europe of the contact details of their edition’s Editor(s)-in-Chief;

16. Calls for Editors-in-Chief of the language editions to maintain consistent lines of communication, and to organise periodical meetings to discuss the cooperation between the language editions, facilitated by JEF Europe where appropriate;

17. Resolves that decisions on includinga new language edition on the publishing software should be made by JEF Europe, taking into consideration the views of the Editors-in-Chief of all the language editions;

19. Resolves that in the absence of a national or candidate section, JEF Europe may in duly justified circumstances decide to create a language edition, following the process set out above;

20. Decides that where a language edition has fallen inactive, the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions may jointly make recommendations to the section responsible for the edition and to JEF Europe regarding the course of action to be taken;

21. Decides that where the section responsible for the edition is unable to carry out the tasks related to the management of the language edition, JEF Europe may take on the tasks, while keeping the section informed;

22. Commits to continuing its work to identify and offer capacity-building opportunities, including project funding, designed to promote the development of the web magazine;

23. Notes that the language editions of the web magazine have the possibility to share announcements via JEF Europe’s internal and external communication channels, including JEF newsletters and social media communications;

24. Encourages JEF sections to promote the opportunity to read and contribute to the web magazine, and to foster connections between the editorial team members of the language editions, the wider JEF membership, and young people at large;

25. Commits to involve the language editions, as appropriate, where JEF Europe becomes aware of an editorial collaboration opportunity with a partner.

JEF Europe | Young European Federalists Federal Committee, Belgrade, April 19th, 2026

JEF Europe,

● Affirming its commitment to disseminate federalist perspectives on European and international affairs;

● Highlighting the need for a European-wide public sphere as a key building block of a well functioning European-level democracy;

● Honouring the long history of JEF’s magazine, from paper editions of The New Federalist published from the 1970s, to the web magazine launched by JEF France in 2005;
● Proud of the achievements of the JEF web magazines, today available in four languages;

● Recognising the work of national and local JEF sections which run their own magazines outside the multilingual JEF web magazine platform;

● Acknowledging that magazines published by JEF offer a platform for aspiring journalists, and enable JEF volunteers to enhance their journalistic skills and level of reflection on European affairs;

● Recognising the academic value of the web magazine, as evidenced by citations of the magazine’s articles in academic papers and research work on EU affairs;

● Convinced that the JEF web magazine is one of the leading and most well-established youth led platforms for commentary and journalism on EU affairs;

● Committed to ensuring a prominent role for the JEF web magazine in the organisation’s work and external communications;

● Recognising the need for a clear organisational framework and allocation of responsibilities between JEF Europe and the national sections regarding the management of the web magazine;

● Noting that the management of a language edition of the web magazine involves tasks such as ensuring that the edition has one or more active Editors, assuming legal responsibility for the contents published by the edition, and offering capacity-building support for the edition;

● Recognising that JEF Europe has particularly exercised leadership in managing the English language edition of the web magazine, whereas other language editions might have different kinds of relations with their JEF section of reference;

● Committed to preserving the editorial independence of all editions of the web magazine;

● Convinced of the benefits of close cooperation between the language editions of the web magazine, taking forms such as mutual translation of articles, sharing of resources, and joint editorial initiatives; English (The New Federalist), French (Le Taurillon), German (Treffpunkteuropa), and Italian (Eurobull).

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Assumes the responsibility for providing organisational and management support for the English language edition of the web magazine;

2. Recognises that every other language edition has an editorial board which holds responsibility for the functioning of the edition, and that this board might be linked, with different rules or practices, to a national or local JEF section of reference. Where needed, JEF Europe may exchange with these sections on issues related to the editions;

3. Encourages the participation of national and candidate JEF sections in countries where the language of an existing language edition is widely spoken in the management of the language editions, subject to an agreement between the sections concerned;

4. Recognises that the JEF Europe President should act as the responsible party regarding the English language edition of the web magazine, thereby holding legal responsibility for the publication;

5. Tasks each language edition to define and publicly communicate its policy for the assignment of legal responsibility for the contents published in the editions, where appropriate with the support of the national sections supporting the editions and in line with the jurisdiction applying to the language edition;

6. Requests that at the beginning of every even year, a meeting of all the representatives of the language editions will review the status of the publishing software and the social media platforms, discussing possible changes, and working in partnership with the JEF Europe Executive Board - and in particular, the Treasurer - to implement said changes.;

7. Agrees that a section or group responsible for the management of a language edition may, after giving reasonable advance notice, delegate the responsibility to JEF Europe;

8. Acknowledges that JEF France currently holds the technical management of the web platform and that, due to being out of date and difficult to update, JEF Europe will investigate the feasibility of moving to a new web platform;

9. Resolves that the decisions on the appointment and dismissal of the Editorial Board of the English language edition should be made by the JEF Europe Executive Board, acting in consultation with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition and, where appropriate, the JEF Europe Secretariat;

10. Specifies that the selection of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should follow an open and transparent application process;

11. Tasks the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition with interviewing for the Editorial Board of the edition;

12. Acknowledges that the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition possess editorial independence and responsibility regarding the management of the day-to-day affairs of the edition;

13. Commits to appoint a point of contact from within the Executive Board of JEF Europe which will be responsible for communication and coordination between JEF Europe and the English language edition;

14. Advises the sections or groups responsible for the other language editions to define the procedures for appointing and dismissing the Editor(s)-in-Chief and the editorial boards of their respective language editions, in cases where such a procedure is not already in place;

15. Requests the sections responsible for the other language editions to inform JEF Europe of the contact details of their edition’s Editor(s)-in-Chief;

16. Calls for Editors-in-Chief of the language editions to maintain consistent lines of communication, and to organise periodical meetings to discuss the cooperation between the language editions, facilitated by JEF Europe where appropriate;

17. Resolves that decisions on includinga new language edition on the publishing software should be made by JEF Europe, taking into consideration the views of the Editors-in-Chief of all the language editions;

18. Resolves that the decisions should be made in light of criteria for the establishment of a language edition to be defined by the Editors-in-Chief of existing language editions, and that Editors-in-Chief of the existing language editions should be consulted on the decisions;

19. Resolves that in the absence of a national or candidate section, JEF Europe may in duly justified circumstances decide to create a language edition, following the process set out above;

20. Decides that where a language edition has fallen inactive, the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions may jointly make recommendations to the section responsible for the edition and to JEF Europe regarding the course of action to be taken;

21. Decides that where the section responsible for the edition is unable to carry out the tasks related to the management of the language edition, JEF Europe may take on the tasks, while keeping the section informed;

22. Commits to continuing its work to identify and offer capacity-building opportunities, including project funding, designed to promote the development of the web magazine;

23. Notes that the language editions of the web magazine have the possibility to share announcements via JEF Europe’s internal and external communication channels, including JEF newsletters and social media communications;

24. Encourages JEF sections to promote the opportunity to read and contribute to the web magazine, and to foster connections between the editorial team members of the language editions, the wider JEF membership, and young people at large;

25. Commits to involve the language editions, as appropriate, where JEF Europe becomes aware of an editorial collaboration opportunity with a partner.

JEF Europe | Young European Federalists Federal Committee, Belgrade, April 19th, 2026

JEF Europe,

● Affirming its commitment to disseminate federalist perspectives on European and international affairs;

● Highlighting the need for a European-wide public sphere as a key building block of a well functioning European-level democracy;

● Honouring the long history of JEF’s magazine, from paper editions of The New Federalist published from the 1970s, to the web magazine launched by JEF France in 2005;
● Proud of the achievements of the JEF web magazines, today available in four languages;

● Recognising the work of national and local JEF sections which run their own magazines outside the multilingual JEF web magazine platform;

● Acknowledging that magazines published by JEF offer a platform for aspiring journalists, and enable JEF volunteers to enhance their journalistic skills and level of reflection on European affairs;

● Recognising the academic value of the web magazine, as evidenced by citations of the magazine’s articles in academic papers and research work on EU affairs;

● Convinced that the JEF web magazine is one of the leading and most well-established youth led platforms for commentary and journalism on EU affairs;

● Committed to ensuring a prominent role for the JEF web magazine in the organisation’s work and external communications;

● Recognising the need for a clear organisational framework and allocation of responsibilities between JEF Europe and the national sections regarding the management of the web magazine;

● Noting that the management of a language edition of the web magazine involves tasks such as ensuring that the edition has one or more active Editors, assuming legal responsibility for the contents published by the edition, and offering capacity-building support for the edition;

● Recognising that JEF Europe has particularly exercised leadership in managing the English language edition of the web magazine, whereas other language editions might have different kinds of relations with their JEF section of reference;

● Committed to preserving the editorial independence of all editions of the web magazine;

● Convinced of the benefits of close cooperation between the language editions of the web magazine, taking forms such as mutual translation of articles, sharing of resources, and joint editorial initiatives; English (The New Federalist), French (Le Taurillon), German (Treffpunkteuropa), and Italian (Eurobull).

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Assumes the responsibility for providing organisational and management support for the English language edition of the web magazine;

2. Recognises that every other language edition has an editorial board which holds responsibility for the functioning of the edition, and that this board might be linked, with different rules or practices, to a national or local JEF section of reference. Where needed, JEF Europe may exchange with these sections on issues related to the editions;

3. Encourages the participation of national and candidate JEF sections in countries where the language of an existing language edition is widely spoken in the management of the language editions, subject to an agreement between the sections concerned;

4. Recognises that the JEF Europe President should act as the responsible party regarding the English language edition of the web magazine, thereby holding legal responsibility for the publication;

5. Tasks each language edition to define and publicly communicate its policy for the assignment of legal responsibility for the contents published in the editions, where appropriate with the support of the national sections supporting the editions and in line with the jurisdiction applying to the language edition;

6. Requests that at the beginning of every even year, a meeting of all the representatives of the language editions will review the status of the publishing software and the social media platforms, discussing possible changes, and working in partnership with the JEF Europe Executive Board - and in particular, the Treasurer - to implement said changes.;

7. Agrees that a section or group responsible for the management of a language edition may, after giving reasonable advance notice, delegate the responsibility to JEF Europe;

8. Acknowledges that JEF France currently holds the technical management of the web platform and that, due to being out of date and difficult to update, JEF Europe will investigate the feasibility of moving to a new web platform;

9. Resolves that the decisions on the appointment and dismissal of the Editorial Board of the English language edition should be made by the JEF Europe Executive Board, acting in consultation with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition and, where appropriate, the JEF Europe Secretariat;

10. Specifies that the selection of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should follow an open and transparent application process;

11. Tasks the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition with interviewing for the Editorial Board of the edition;

12. Acknowledges that the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition possess editorial independence and responsibility regarding the management of the day-to-day affairs of the edition;

13. Commits to appoint a point of contact from within the Executive Board of JEF Europe which will be responsible for communication and coordination between JEF Europe and the English language edition;

14. Advises the sections or groups responsible for the other language editions to define the procedures for appointing and dismissing the Editor(s)-in-Chief and the editorial boards of their respective language editions, in cases where such a procedure is not already in place;

15. Requests the sections responsible for the other language editions to inform JEF Europe of the contact details of their edition’s Editor(s)-in-Chief;

16. Calls for Editors-in-Chief of the language editions to maintain consistent lines of communication, and to organise periodical meetings to discuss the cooperation between the language editions, facilitated by JEF Europe where appropriate;

17. Resolves that decisions on the creation of a new language edition should be made by the national or candidate section of the country/countries where the language is widely spoken, jointly with JEF Europe;

18. Resolves that the decisions should be made in light of criteria for the establishment of a language edition to be defined by the Editors-in-Chief of existing language editions, and that Editors-in-Chief of the existing language editions should be consulted on the decisions;

19. Resolves that in the absence of a national or candidate section, JEF Europe may in duly justified circumstances decide to create a language edition, following the process set out above;

20. Decides that where a language edition has fallen inactive, the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions may jointly make recommendations to the section responsible for the edition and to JEF Europe regarding the course of action to be taken;

21. Decides that where the section responsible for the edition is unable to carry out the tasks related to the management of the language edition, JEF Europe may take on the tasks, while keeping the section informed;

22. Commits to continuing its work to identify and offer capacity-building opportunities, including project funding, designed to promote the development of the web magazine;

23. Notes that the language editions of the web magazine have the possibility to share announcements via JEF Europe’s internal and external communication channels, including JEF newsletters and social media communications;

24. Encourages JEF sections to promote the opportunity to read and contribute to the web magazine, and to foster connections between the editorial team members of the language editions, the wider JEF membership, and young people at large;

25. Commits to involve the language editions, as appropriate, where JEF Europe becomes aware of an editorial collaboration opportunity with a partner.

JEF Europe | Young European Federalists Federal Committee, Belgrade, April 19th, 2026

JEF Europe,

● Affirming its commitment to disseminate federalist perspectives on European and international affairs;

● Highlighting the need for a European-wide public sphere as a key building block of a well functioning European-level democracy;

● Honouring the long history of JEF’s magazine, from paper editions of The New Federalist published from the 1970s, to the web magazine launched by JEF France in 2005;
● Proud of the achievements of the JEF web magazines, today available in four languages;

● Recognising the work of national and local JEF sections which run their own magazines outside the multilingual JEF web magazine platform;

● Acknowledging that magazines published by JEF offer a platform for aspiring journalists, and enable JEF volunteers to enhance their journalistic skills and level of reflection on European affairs;

● Recognising the academic value of the web magazine, as evidenced by citations of the magazine’s articles in academic papers and research work on EU affairs;

● Convinced that the JEF web magazine is one of the leading and most well-established youth led platforms for commentary and journalism on EU affairs;

● Committed to ensuring a prominent role for the JEF web magazine in the organisation’s work and external communications;

● Recognising the need for a clear organisational framework and allocation of responsibilities between JEF Europe and the national sections regarding the management of the web magazine;

● Noting that the management of a language edition of the web magazine involves tasks such as ensuring that the edition has one or more active Editors, assuming legal responsibility for the contents published by the edition, and offering capacity-building support for the edition;

● Recognising that JEF Europe has particularly exercised leadership in managing the English language edition of the web magazine, whereas other language editions might have different kinds of relations with their JEF section of reference;

● Committed to preserving the editorial independence of all editions of the web magazine;

● Convinced of the benefits of close cooperation between the language editions of the web magazine, taking forms such as mutual translation of articles, sharing of resources, and joint editorial initiatives; English (The New Federalist), French (Le Taurillon), German (Treffpunkteuropa), and Italian (Eurobull).

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Assumes the responsibility for providing organisational and management support for the English language edition of the web magazine;

2. Recognises that every other language edition has an editorial board which holds responsibility for the functioning of the edition, and that this board might be linked, with different rules or practices, to a national or local JEF section of reference. Where needed, JEF Europe may exchange with these sections on issues related to the editions;

3. Encourages the participation of national and candidate JEF sections in countries where the language of an existing language edition is widely spoken in the management of the language editions, subject to an agreement between the sections concerned;

4. Recognises that the JEF Europe President should act as the responsible party regarding the English language edition of the web magazine, thereby holding legal responsibility for the publication;

5. Tasks each language edition to define and publicly communicate its policy for the assignment of legal responsibility for the contents published in the editions, where appropriate with the support of the national sections supporting the editions and in line with the jurisdiction applying to the language edition;

6. Requests that at the beginning of every even year, a meeting of all the representatives of the language editions will review the status of the publishing software and the social media platforms, discussing possible changes, and working in partnership with the JEF Europe Executive Board - and in particular, the Treasurer - to implement said changes.;

7. Agrees that a section or group responsible for the management of a language edition may, after giving reasonable advance notice, delegate the responsibility to JEF Europe;

8. Acknowledges that JEF France currently holds the technical management of the web platform and that, due to being out of date and difficult to update, JEF Europe will investigate the feasibility of moving to a new web platform;

9. Resolves that the decisions on the appointment and dismissal of the Editorial Board of the English language edition should be made by the JEF Europe Executive Board, acting in consultation with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition and, where appropriate, the JEF Europe Secretariat;

10. Specifies that the selection of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should follow an open and transparent application process;

11. Tasks the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition with interviewing for the Editorial Board of the edition;

12. Acknowledges that the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition possess editorial independence and responsibility regarding the management of the day-to-day affairs of the edition;

13. Commits to appoint a point of contact from within the Executive Board of JEF Europe which will be responsible for communication and coordination between JEF Europe and the English language edition;

14. Advises the sections or groups responsible for a language edition to define the procedures for appointing and dismissing the Editor(s)-in-Chief and the editorial boards of their respective language editions, in cases where such a procedure is not already in place;

15. Requests the sections responsible for a language edition to inform JEF Europe and the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions of the contact details of the edition’s Editor(s)-in-Chief;

16. Calls for Editors-in-Chief of the language editions to maintain consistent lines of communication, and to organise periodical meetings to discuss the cooperation between the language editions, facilitated by JEF Europe where appropriate;

17. Resolves that decisions on the creation of a new language edition should be made by the national or candidate section of the country/countries where the language is widely spoken, jointly with JEF Europe;

18. Resolves that the decisions should be made in light of criteria for the establishment of a language edition to be defined by the Editors-in-Chief of existing language editions, and that Editors-in-Chief of the existing language editions should be consulted on the decisions;

19. Resolves that in the absence of a national or candidate section, JEF Europe may in duly justified circumstances decide to create a language edition, following the process set out above;

20. Decides that where a language edition has fallen inactive, the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions may jointly make recommendations to the section responsible for the edition and to JEF Europe regarding the course of action to be taken;

21. Decides that where the section responsible for the edition is unable to carry out the tasks related to the management of the language edition, JEF Europe may take on the tasks, while keeping the section informed;

22. Commits to continuing its work to identify and offer capacity-building opportunities, including project funding, designed to promote the development of the web magazine;

23. Notes that the language editions of the web magazine have the possibility to share announcements via JEF Europe’s internal and external communication channels, including JEF newsletters and social media communications;

24. Encourages JEF sections to promote the opportunity to read and contribute to the web magazine, and to foster connections between the editorial team members of the language editions, the wider JEF membership, and young people at large;

25. Commits to involve the language editions, as appropriate, where JEF Europe becomes aware of an editorial collaboration opportunity with a partner.

JEF Europe | Young European Federalists Federal Committee, Belgrade, April 19th, 2026

JEF Europe,

● Affirming its commitment to disseminate federalist perspectives on European and international affairs;

● Highlighting the need for a European-wide public sphere as a key building block of a well functioning European-level democracy;

● Honouring the long history of JEF’s magazine, from paper editions of The New Federalist published from the 1970s, to the web magazine launched by JEF France in 2005;
● Proud of the achievements of the JEF web magazines, today available in four languages;

● Recognising the work of national and local JEF sections which run their own magazines outside the multilingual JEF web magazine platform;

● Acknowledging that magazines published by JEF offer a platform for aspiring journalists, and enable JEF volunteers to enhance their journalistic skills and level of reflection on European affairs;

● Recognising the academic value of the web magazine, as evidenced by citations of the magazine’s articles in academic papers and research work on EU affairs;

● Convinced that the JEF web magazine is one of the leading and most well-established youth led platforms for commentary and journalism on EU affairs;

● Committed to ensuring a prominent role for the JEF web magazine in the organisation’s work and external communications;

● Recognising the need for a clear organisational framework and allocation of responsibilities between JEF Europe and the national sections regarding the management of the web magazine;

● Noting that the management of a language edition of the web magazine involves tasks such as ensuring that the edition has one or more active Editors, assuming legal responsibility for the contents published by the edition, and offering capacity-building support for the edition;

● Recognising that JEF Europe has particularly exercised leadership in managing the English language edition of the web magazine, whereas other language editions might have different kinds of relations with their JEF section of reference;

● Committed to preserving the editorial independence of all editions of the web magazine;

● Convinced of the benefits of close cooperation between the language editions of the web magazine, taking forms such as mutual translation of articles, sharing of resources, and joint editorial initiatives; English (The New Federalist), French (Le Taurillon), German (Treffpunkteuropa), and Italian (Eurobull).

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Assumes the responsibility for providing organisational and management support for the English language edition of the web magazine;

2. Recognises that every other language edition has an editorial board which holds responsibility for the functioning of the edition, and that this board might be linked, with different rules or practices, to a national or local JEF section of reference. Where needed, JEF Europe may exchange with these sections on issues related to the editions;

3. Encourages the participation of national and candidate JEF sections in countries where the language of an existing language edition is widely spoken in the management of the language editions, subject to an agreement between the sections concerned;

4. Recognises that the JEF Europe President should act as the responsible party regarding the English language edition of the web magazine, thereby holding legal responsibility for the publication;

5. Tasks each language edition to define and publicly communicate its policy for the assignment of legal responsibility for the contents published in the editions, where appropriate with the support of the national sections supporting the editions and in line with the jurisdiction applying to the language edition;

6. Requests that at the beginning of every even year, a meeting of all the representatives of the language editions will review the status of the publishing software and the social media platforms, discussing possible changes, and working in partnership with the JEF Europe Executive Board - and in particular, the Treasurer - to implement said changes.;

7. Agrees that a section or group responsible for the management of a language edition may, after giving reasonable advance notice, delegate the responsibility to JEF Europe;

8. Acknowledges that JEF France currently holds the technical management of the web platform and that, due to being out of date and difficult to update, JEF Europe will investigate the feasibility of moving to a new web platform;

9. Resolves that the decisions on the appointment and dismissal of the Editorial Board of the English language edition should be made by the JEF Europe Executive Board, acting in consultation with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition and, where appropriate, the JEF Europe Secretariat;

10. Specifies that the selection of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should follow an open and transparent application process;

11. Tasks the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition with recruiting and leading an editorial board for the language edition;

12. Acknowledges that the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition possess editorial independence and responsibility regarding the management of the day-to-day affairs of the edition;

13. Commits to appoint a point of contact from within the Executive Board of JEF Europe which will be responsible for communication and coordination between JEF Europe and the English language edition;

14. Advises the sections or groups responsible for a language edition to define the procedures for appointing and dismissing the Editor(s)-in-Chief and the editorial boards of their respective language editions, in cases where such a procedure is not already in place;

15. Requests the sections responsible for a language edition to inform JEF Europe and the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions of the contact details of the edition’s Editor(s)-in-Chief;

16. Calls for Editors-in-Chief of the language editions to maintain consistent lines of communication, and to organise periodical meetings to discuss the cooperation between the language editions, facilitated by JEF Europe where appropriate;

17. Resolves that decisions on the creation of a new language edition should be made by the national or candidate section of the country/countries where the language is widely spoken, jointly with JEF Europe;

18. Resolves that the decisions should be made in light of criteria for the establishment of a language edition to be defined by the Editors-in-Chief of existing language editions, and that Editors-in-Chief of the existing language editions should be consulted on the decisions;

19. Resolves that in the absence of a national or candidate section, JEF Europe may in duly justified circumstances decide to create a language edition, following the process set out above;

20. Decides that where a language edition has fallen inactive, the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions may jointly make recommendations to the section responsible for the edition and to JEF Europe regarding the course of action to be taken;

21. Decides that where the section responsible for the edition is unable to carry out the tasks related to the management of the language edition, JEF Europe may take on the tasks, while keeping the section informed;

22. Commits to continuing its work to identify and offer capacity-building opportunities, including project funding, designed to promote the development of the web magazine;

23. Notes that the language editions of the web magazine have the possibility to share announcements via JEF Europe’s internal and external communication channels, including JEF newsletters and social media communications;

24. Encourages JEF sections to promote the opportunity to read and contribute to the web magazine, and to foster connections between the editorial team members of the language editions, the wider JEF membership, and young people at large;

25. Commits to involve the language editions, as appropriate, where JEF Europe becomes aware of an editorial collaboration opportunity with a partner.

JEF Europe | Young European Federalists Federal Committee, Belgrade, April 19th, 2026

JEF Europe,

● Affirming its commitment to disseminate federalist perspectives on European and international affairs;

● Highlighting the need for a European-wide public sphere as a key building block of a well functioning European-level democracy;

● Honouring the long history of JEF’s magazine, from paper editions of The New Federalist published from the 1970s, to the web magazine launched by JEF France in 2005;
● Proud of the achievements of the JEF web magazines, today available in four languages;

● Recognising the work of national and local JEF sections which run their own magazines outside the multilingual JEF web magazine platform;

● Acknowledging that magazines published by JEF offer a platform for aspiring journalists, and enable JEF volunteers to enhance their journalistic skills and level of reflection on European affairs;

● Recognising the academic value of the web magazine, as evidenced by citations of the magazine’s articles in academic papers and research work on EU affairs;

● Convinced that the JEF web magazine is one of the leading and most well-established youth led platforms for commentary and journalism on EU affairs;

● Committed to ensuring a prominent role for the JEF web magazine in the organisation’s work and external communications;

● Recognising the need for a clear organisational framework and allocation of responsibilities between JEF Europe and the national sections regarding the management of the web magazine;

● Noting that the management of a language edition of the web magazine involves tasks such as ensuring that the edition has one or more active Editors, assuming legal responsibility for the contents published by the edition, and offering capacity-building support for the edition;

● Recognising that JEF Europe has particularly exercised leadership in managing the English language edition of the web magazine, whereas other language editions might have different kinds of relations with their JEF section of reference;

● Committed to preserving the editorial independence of all editions of the web magazine;

● Convinced of the benefits of close cooperation between the language editions of the web magazine, taking forms such as mutual translation of articles, sharing of resources, and joint editorial initiatives; English (The New Federalist), French (Le Taurillon), German (Treffpunkteuropa), and Italian (Eurobull).

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Assumes the responsibility for providing organisational and management support for the English language edition of the web magazine;

2. Recognises that every other language edition has an editorial board which holds responsibility for the functioning of the edition, and that this board might be linked, with different rules or practices, to a national or local JEF section of reference. Where needed, JEF Europe may exchange with these sections on issues related to the editions;

3. Encourages the participation of national and candidate JEF sections in countries where the language of an existing language edition is widely spoken in the management of the language editions, subject to an agreement between the sections concerned;

4. Recognises that the JEF Europe President should act as the responsible party regarding the English language edition of the web magazine, thereby holding legal responsibility for the publication;

5. Tasks each language edition to define and publicly communicate its policy for the assignment of legal responsibility for the contents published in the editions, where appropriate with the support of the national sections supporting the editions and in line with the jurisdiction applying to the language edition;

6. Requests that at the beginning of every even year, a meeting of all the representatives of the language editions will review the status of the publishing software and the social media platforms, discussing possible changes, and working in partnership with the JEF Europe Executive Board - and in particular, the Treasurer - to implement said changes.;

7. Agrees that a section or group responsible for the management of a language edition may, after giving reasonable advance notice, delegate the responsibility to JEF Europe;

8. Acknowledges that JEF France currently holds the technical management of the web platform and that, due to being out of date and difficult to update, JEF Europe will investigate the feasibility of moving to a new web platform;

9. Resolves that the decisions on the appointment and dismissal of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should be made by the JEF Europe Executive Board, acting in consultation with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition and, where appropriate, the JEF Europe Secretariat;

10. Specifies that the selection of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should follow an open and transparent application process;

11. Tasks the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition with recruiting and leading an editorial board for the language edition;

12. Acknowledges that the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition possess editorial independence and responsibility regarding the management of the day-to-day affairs of the edition;

13. Commits to appoint a point of contact from within the Executive Board of JEF Europe which will be responsible for communication and coordination between JEF Europe and the English language edition;

14. Advises the sections or groups responsible for a language edition to define the procedures for appointing and dismissing the Editor(s)-in-Chief and the editorial boards of their respective language editions, in cases where such a procedure is not already in place;

15. Requests the sections responsible for a language edition to inform JEF Europe and the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions of the contact details of the edition’s Editor(s)-in-Chief;

16. Calls for Editors-in-Chief of the language editions to maintain consistent lines of communication, and to organise periodical meetings to discuss the cooperation between the language editions, facilitated by JEF Europe where appropriate;

17. Resolves that decisions on the creation of a new language edition should be made by the national or candidate section of the country/countries where the language is widely spoken, jointly with JEF Europe;

18. Resolves that the decisions should be made in light of criteria for the establishment of a language edition to be defined by the Editors-in-Chief of existing language editions, and that Editors-in-Chief of the existing language editions should be consulted on the decisions;

19. Resolves that in the absence of a national or candidate section, JEF Europe may in duly justified circumstances decide to create a language edition, following the process set out above;

20. Decides that where a language edition has fallen inactive, the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions may jointly make recommendations to the section responsible for the edition and to JEF Europe regarding the course of action to be taken;

21. Decides that where the section responsible for the edition is unable to carry out the tasks related to the management of the language edition, JEF Europe may take on the tasks, while keeping the section informed;

22. Commits to continuing its work to identify and offer capacity-building opportunities, including project funding, designed to promote the development of the web magazine;

23. Notes that the language editions of the web magazine have the possibility to share announcements via JEF Europe’s internal and external communication channels, including JEF newsletters and social media communications;

24. Encourages JEF sections to promote the opportunity to read and contribute to the web magazine, and to foster connections between the editorial team members of the language editions, the wider JEF membership, and young people at large;

25. Commits to involve the language editions, as appropriate, where JEF Europe becomes aware of an editorial collaboration opportunity with a partner.

JEF Europe | Young European Federalists Federal Committee, Belgrade, April 19th, 2026

JEF Europe,

● Affirming its commitment to disseminate federalist perspectives on European and international affairs;

● Highlighting the need for a European-wide public sphere as a key building block of a well functioning European-level democracy;

● Honouring the long history of JEF’s magazine, from paper editions of The New Federalist published from the 1970s, to the web magazine launched by JEF France in 2005;
● Proud of the achievements of the JEF web magazines, today available in four languages;

● Recognising the work of national and local JEF sections which run their own magazines outside the multilingual JEF web magazine platform;

● Acknowledging that magazines published by JEF offer a platform for aspiring journalists, and enable JEF volunteers to enhance their journalistic skills and level of reflection on European affairs;

● Recognising the academic value of the web magazine, as evidenced by citations of the magazine’s articles in academic papers and research work on EU affairs;

● Convinced that the JEF web magazine is one of the leading and most well-established youth led platforms for commentary and journalism on EU affairs;

● Committed to ensuring a prominent role for the JEF web magazine in the organisation’s work and external communications;

● Recognising the need for a clear organisational framework and allocation of responsibilities between JEF Europe and the national sections regarding the management of the web magazine;

● Noting that the management of a language edition of the web magazine involves tasks such as ensuring that the edition has one or more active Editors, assuming legal responsibility for the contents published by the edition, and offering capacity-building support for the edition;

● Recognising that JEF Europe has particularly exercised leadership in managing the English language edition of the web magazine, whereas other language editions might have different kinds of relations with their JEF section of reference;

● Committed to preserving the editorial independence of all editions of the web magazine;

● Convinced of the benefits of close cooperation between the language editions of the web magazine, taking forms such as mutual translation of articles, sharing of resources, and joint editorial initiatives; English (The New Federalist), French (Le Taurillon), German (Treffpunkteuropa), and Italian (Eurobull).

JEF Europe therefore,

1. Assumes the responsibility for providing organisational and management support for the English language edition of the web magazine;

2. Recognises that every other language edition has an editorial board which holds responsibility for the functioning of the edition, and that this board might be linked, with different rules or practices, to a national or local JEF section of reference. Where needed, JEF Europe may exchange with these sections on issues related to the editions;

3. Encourages the participation of national and candidate JEF sections in countries where the language of an existing language edition is widely spoken in the management of the language editions, subject to an agreement between the sections concerned;

4. Recognises that the JEF Europe President should act as the responsible party regarding the English language edition of the web magazine, thereby holding legal responsibility for the publication;

5. Tasks each language edition to define and publicly communicate its policy for the assignment of legal responsibility for the contents published in the editions, where appropriate with the support of the national sections supporting the editions and in line with the jurisdiction applying to the language edition;

6. Requests that at the beginning of every even year, a meeting of all the representatives of the language editions will review the status of the publishing software and the social media platforms, discussing possible changes, and working in partnership with the JEF Europe Executive Board - and in particular, the Treasurer - to implement said changes.;

7. Agrees that a section or group responsible for the management of a language edition may, after giving reasonable advance notice, delegate the responsibility to JEF Europe;

8. Acknowledges that JEF-France currently holds the technical management of the web platform and that for the sake of technical clarity, this should remain so until a common work on a new web platform is launched;

9. Resolves that the decisions on the appointment and dismissal of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should be made by the JEF Europe Executive Board, acting in consultation with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition and, where appropriate, the JEF Europe Secretariat;

10. Specifies that the selection of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition should follow an open and transparent application process;

11. Tasks the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition with recruiting and leading an editorial board for the language edition;

12. Acknowledges that the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the English language edition possess editorial independence and responsibility regarding the management of the day-to-day affairs of the edition;

13. Commits to appoint a point of contact from within the Executive Board of JEF Europe which will be responsible for communication and coordination between JEF Europe and the English language edition;

14. Advises the sections or groups responsible for a language edition to define the procedures for appointing and dismissing the Editor(s)-in-Chief and the editorial boards of their respective language editions, in cases where such a procedure is not already in place;

15. Requests the sections responsible for a language edition to inform JEF Europe and the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions of the contact details of the edition’s Editor(s)-in-Chief;

16. Calls for Editors-in-Chief of the language editions to maintain consistent lines of communication, and to organise periodical meetings to discuss the cooperation between the language editions, facilitated by JEF Europe where appropriate;

17. Resolves that decisions on the creation of a new language edition should be made by the national or candidate section of the country/countries where the language is widely spoken, jointly with JEF Europe;

18. Resolves that the decisions should be made in light of criteria for the establishment of a language edition to be defined by the Editors-in-Chief of existing language editions, and that Editors-in-Chief of the existing language editions should be consulted on the decisions;

19. Resolves that in the absence of a national or candidate section, JEF Europe may in duly justified circumstances decide to create a language edition, following the process set out above;

20. Decides that where a language edition has fallen inactive, the Editors-in-Chief of other language editions may jointly make recommendations to the section responsible for the edition and to JEF Europe regarding the course of action to be taken;

21. Decides that where the section responsible for the edition is unable to carry out the tasks related to the management of the language edition, JEF Europe may take on the tasks, while keeping the section informed;

22. Commits to continuing its work to identify and offer capacity-building opportunities, including project funding, designed to promote the development of the web magazine;

23. Notes that the language editions of the web magazine have the possibility to share announcements via JEF Europe’s internal and external communication channels, including JEF newsletters and social media communications;

24. Encourages JEF sections to promote the opportunity to read and contribute to the web magazine, and to foster connections between the editorial team members of the language editions, the wider JEF membership, and young people at large;

25. Commits to involve the language editions, as appropriate, where JEF Europe becomes aware of an editorial collaboration opportunity with a partner.