Juuso Järviniemi

Vice President of JEF-Europe. Former Editor in Chief of The New Federalist (2017-2019).

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This Week in Europe: Netflix quotas, posted workers, blocked roads and more

Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that may have passed notice. What did we miss? Comment on our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/thenewfederalist.eu ! Poland and Hungary speak against posted workers rules Poland and (…)

Sunday 7 October 2018

March 29 is fast approaching. That means Brexit is getting less likely, not more

When I’m outside the UK, I often hear people say that there’s not enough time to stop Brexit anymore, now that we’re already so close to March 2019. That’s a fallacy; the final battle is still ahead. The quicker the clock ticks and the more unprepared the UK government goes into that battle, the (…)

Saturday 6 October 2018

Young European Federalists condemn Juncker’s unenthusiasm, welcome European Parliament’s Hungary vote

On Wednesday, the European Parliament assembled to hear European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s last-ever State of the European Union speech in the morning. Later the same day, the Parliament voted in favour of triggering the Article 7 procedure against the Hungarian government as a (…)

Thursday 13 September 2018

Radu Dumitrescu wins EU in My Region blog contest

Radu Dumitrescu, one of The New Federalist’s Editors-in-Chief, has won the EU in My Region blog contest, pulled together insights from a two-week summer camp held in Germany. While in the past, the text observed, war was the most common context in which people were in contact with foreigners, (…)

Wednesday 12 September 2018

Initiative for ‘Permanent EU Citizenship’: British exceptionalism or call for European solidarity?

The EU Citizenship 2017 has already been achieved, while in Romania that comes in second, the proportion is 10%. Is the project just a “British Citizens’ Initiative” cloaked in the EU flag, or indeed an opportunity for non-Brits to express European solidarity towards those in need? British (…)

Saturday 8 September 2018

Warum kümmern sich die Brit*innen mehr um Trump als um den Brexit?

Am Samstag, dem 23. Juni, demonstrierte eine beeindruckende Zahl von Pro-Europäer*innen aus allen Teilen des Vereinigten Königreichs in London. Ziel der Demonstration war es, eine neue Volksabstimmung über das Brexit-Abkommen zu bekommen. Es war ein lauter Protest mit einfallsreichen Schildern (…)

Tuesday 4 September 2018

“Treaty Ciao” video turns Italian anti-fascist song into a viral pro-EU hit

Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao! The folk song that became the sound of Italian resistance to fascism in the 1940s remains a classic, and in the face of new fascist movements in Europe, the song continues to bear relevance. Last weekend, the local Maastricht section of the Young (…)

Monday 3 September 2018

JEF members edit Wikipedia and discuss fake news in Bucharest

Last weekend, JEF members from six countries gathered in Bucharest for the ‘Summer Retreat’ with The New Federalist and Young Europeans (Tineri Europeni) Romania. The weekend featured trainings on writing articles for the JEF web magazine and Wikipedia. Locals from Romania with firsthand (…)

Monday 3 September 2018

Spitzenkandidaten failed to increase Europarty cohesion in 2014, study says

Introduced in the 2014 European elections, the Spitzenkandidaten system sees the lead candidate of the winning European parliamentary group appointed as the Commission President. In theory, the system brings the national-level parties sitting together in the European Parliament under the banner (…)

Tuesday 28 August 2018

Deal with strangers, suffer in isolation – or feel European

European identity is by definition about feelings and emotions; meanwhile, questions starting with a “why” invite for objective, factual answers. It was perhaps for this reason that a question asked at a panel discussion I spoke at this summer [1] was so surprising despite its simplicity. Namely, the interviewer asked why one should feel European among all the other things. We already identify with our school, nation, city, fellow heavy metal fans and other communities, so why should we add Europe to the pile?

Thursday 23 August 2018

Finnish youth figures sympathetic towards EU federalism at Linnaseminaari

Juuso Järviniemi reflects on the atmosphere at Linnaseminaari, the annual seminar of JEF-Finland (Eurooppanuoret).

Monday 20 August 2018

Student-created “G-spot of Europe” campaign attracts curiosity towards Vilnius

“Nobody knows where it is, but when you find it - it’s amazing.” Thanks to one clever pun and a striking image, the Lithuanian capital Vilnius has become the G-spot of Europe. The campaign, conceived by students at an advertising school, has already brought delight to Internet users across the (…)

Friday 10 August 2018
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