European Alternatives

European Alternatives (also known as EA or Euroalter) is a non-profit civil society organisation promoting democracy, equality and culture beyond the nation-state. The mission of the organisation is to promote a more democratic, equal and culturally open Europe. It does it by providing participatory spaces, helping to develop alternative means of political, social, and cultural participation and by connecting local activists and organisations spread around Europe.

The organisation was established in London by Lorenzo Marsili and Niccolò Milanese as a nonprofit company under UK law in February 2007 and was launched with the organisation of the London Festival of Europe in March 2007, marking the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. The opening lecture was given by Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman and main partners included the London School of Economics, Tate Modern, and Courtauld Institute of Arts.

Today, the organisation has offices in Paris, Berlin and Rome and organises activities across the EU, Ukraine and Turkey.

The organisation aims to promote the emergence of a transitional political space empowering citizens, civil society and social movements to act at European level and reclaim their democratic agency over EU policies. European Alternatives presents itself as an infrastructure empowering members, partners, and organisations across Europe to upscale and connect their work for greater influence and impact. The organisation also promotes the emergence of real transnational parties in Europe.

The organisation favours greater democratic political integration in the European Union, but is critical of the status quo, claiming that "the current European regime is undermining its own claims to universal rights, democracy and justice". Its motto is "Democracy, Equality, Culture Beyond the Nation-State”.

The movement is overseen by a Board of Trustees and an Advisory Board.

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