Ahead of the European Parliament elections on 23 – 26 May 2019, we want to bring European politics closer to Maastricht’s international community. For that purpose, JEF Maastricht will start a weekly podcast shining a light on specific aspects of the electoral system as well as the general electoral debate taking place throughout Europe. Do […]
Last week JEF Netherlands along with our sister sections from Italy, France and Belgium participated in the conference on the future of Europe in Brussels. We have discussed on a wide variety of the subjects, starting from the future of the Schengen Zone, Refugee crisis to how to tackle the problem of organised crime in […]
It is September again – which also means that new young motivated people arrived in Maastricht and search for something they can dedicate themselves to. JEF is one such an offer and likewise a possibility for curious young minds. During a first welcoming and information evening, the association has been presented and thoughts have been […]
Each academic year, Maastricht University holds an opening ceremony – this year, Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission was invited a.o. to attend the conference and give a speech on the topic of the conference: The responsibility of universities for sustainable development. As Young European Federalists Maastricht, we were present – and positively […]
https://youtu.be/6gc8dEEHJSM You can download the full press release here. This summer, something happened that no one expected: ‘Bella Ciao’, a song which became popular during the second world war and was sung by partisans as their expression of their resistance to fascism, hit the charts again – and remix after remix got popular in order […]
For the first time in the history of the Young European Federalists in the Netherlands, JEF Maastricht has been represented at the INKOM introduction week organised collaboratively by Maastricht University and Zuyd Hogeschool. With more than 7,000 participants, it’s one of Maastricht’s biggest student events – and it’s where Maastricht’s new students get to know […]
Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela’s birthday. This year marks 100th anniversary of the birthday of Mr. Mandela. He spent 67 years of his life trying to bring together people around the world to fight poverty and promote peace, and cultural diversity. He fought for the ideas that […]
Street action, educational workshops and brainstorming for the future of Europe: The 19th International Berlin Seminar could be described as a sum-up of JEF’s branches. It focused on whole Europe with participants from e.g. Ukraine, Albania, Norway and Kosovo as well as from France, Finland, Italy and – from the Netherlands – JEF Maastricht’s Thilo […]
The political situation in Europe gets tougher – and the European Council meetings get increasingly frustrating. Calling for Europe’s heads of states and governments to realise important reforms for the Eurozone, a broad alliance of youth organisations demonstrated together with JEF Europe and the Union of European Federalists directly in front of the summit. “Hoping […]
JEF-NL along with other sections of the Young European Federalists have partaken in the European Youth Event 2018! The European Youth Event (EYE) is an event initiated and hosted by the European Parliament since 2014 with the aim of stimulating active citizenship amongst young Europeans. Taking place at the European Parliament seat in Strasbourg, the EYE gathers thousands of young people, aged […]