Our position
We are openly federation-forward. We do not disguise political argument as neutral instruction. We make the strongest democratic case we can, name uncertainty, and take serious objections seriously.
About Federal Europa
One democratic Europe, argued in public.
Federal Europa is an independent publication for people who believe the European Union should become a democratic federation: capable where Europe must act together, limited where decisions belong closer to home, and proud of every language, country, region, and local identity it protects.
Our promise
Practical EU rights and legal details are sourced to official material whenever possible. We separate orientation from legal advice and show review dates on articles.
Our idea of Europe
Federal unity is not sameness. It is a constitutional way to govern shared problems while protecting national, regional, and local democracy.
Editorial team
Written and reviewed by Federal Europa.
Federal Europa currently publishes under one editorial-team byline. Every article is reviewed for clarity, source quality, federation-forward framing, and whether a reader can distinguish fact from argument.
As named contributors join, their biographies and responsibilities will appear here. Until then, the publication takes collective responsibility for every page.
Image credits
Culture deserves real faces.
The homepage uses public-domain historical portraits and openly licensed performance photography. Local copies are resized and compressed for the web; the credited source works remain available under the licenses below.
Historical portraits
Leonardo da Vinci by Francesco Melzi, Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, Mozart by Barbara Krafft, Chopin by Maria Wodzińska, Cervantes attributed to Juan de Jáuregui, Pablo Picasso from Vea y Lea, Franz Kafka by Atelier Jacobi, and Maria Callas by CBS Television. All source files are marked public domain on Wikimedia Commons.
European music
Constitutional collage
The tactile map collage in “Where should European power live?” is an original Federal Europa editorial asset created for this website. It contains no copied logos, flags, or text.
Proud Europe editorial illustrations
Flagship Proud Europe features use original, clearly captioned editorial illustrations created for Federal Europa with OpenAI image tools. They contain no copied logos and are not presented as documentary photographs of named facilities or products. The full file-by-file record is preserved in the site’s image attribution manifest.