Federalist core in next Parliament

The Union of European Federalists applauds the fact that federalism has not been sacrificed in the European election campaign. Its manifesto has been signed (so far) by 160 candidates for the European Parliament, including two in the race for the Commission presidency: Guy Verhofstadt and Ska Keller. Influential MEPs like Andreas Schwab (EPP, Germany), Marianne Thyssen (EPP, Belgium) and Catherine Trautmann (S&D, France) from large and not-so-large groups - 50 from the Party of European Socialists, 29 from the Greens,…