Stand Up For Europe
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Stand Up For Europe
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| President | Richard Laub |
| Vice-President | Pietro De Matteis |
| Secretary General | Bálint Gyévai |
| Founded | 3 December 2016 |
| Merger of | European Federalist Party, United States of Europe Now, Stand up for the United States of Europe |
| Ideology |
European federalism European integration Democratisation Social liberalism |
| Colours | Yellow and blue |
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Stand Up for Europe is a pan-European citizens' movement that campaigns for a more democratic and federal Europe.
Stand Up For Europe was launched at the 6th European Federalist Convention in Brussels on 3 December 2016, through the integration of three eurofederalist movements: Stand up for the United States of Europe, the European Federalist Party, and United States of Europe Now. It was one of several new pro-European civil movements that sprang up in response to the anti-European outcome of the Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President.
On 6 May 2017, Stand Up For Europe was one of the co-sponsors of a day-long debate in Brussels, led by the European Committee of the Regions's chair Markku Markkula, on the future of the European Union, and how to advance European integration.
Stand Up For Europe is set up as a nonprofit organisation (Association sans but lucratif, ASBL) under Belgian law. Richard Laub, Georgios Kostakos, Olivier Boruchowitch, and Pietro De Matteis are listed as its founders. The organisation has the following bodies: (i) General Meeting, (ii) Executive Board, (iii) Group of Advisors, (iv) Dispute Committee, (v) Auditor, and (vi) Ombudsman. The General Meeting is convened at least once per calendar year between November and February. It appoints the members of the Executive Board by simple majority vote for a renewable period of one year. Among others, the Board comprises the following positions, which are filled by the following persons:
As an urban civil movement, Stand Up For Europe's activities are organised around 20 "city teams" and seven university groups (February 2017). It publishes regular press releases, a newsletter and an online magazine called Europe Today. Stand Up For Europe's website is connected to various social media applications, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram. Reflecting the importance of European youth in the Eurofederalist movement, it also maintains the Students For Europe Political Research Platform, a website aimed at facilitating the study of youth-related European topics. It participates in pro-European rallies in various cities with like-minded groups, to help the process of Europeanisation in people's minds and actions.
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