The European and Federalist Organization of the Valencian Community (UEF-CV) held its general assembly and carried out the renewal of its bodies. The purpose of this organization is to popularize and work on activities aimed at bringing people closer and developing them. EU project to citizens. This organization has been established throughout Europe and in many Spanish autonomous communities for 75 years.
The meeting was chaired by the Alicante deputy and current president. UEF Europe, Domènec Ruiz Devesa. During the event, he emphasized the importance of continuing to expand Europeanism in the region and thanked the outgoing and incoming team for their activism for European federalism at the local level. It also put to use all its cooperation and knowledge on the creation of European citizenship to counter anti-European trends that put the project of European unity at risk.
Next, Luis AlmarchaHe presented the activities and management report carried out in the last four years as the outgoing president. In his speech, he underlined the good democratic environment of the UEF-CV with the integration of different people with ideological pluralism and who share a common interest in strengthening the European community project.
He chairs the new UEF-CV Council. Carles Arques Aliaga. This is a team of 17 men and women with a strong mission towards Europe. In his presentation, the new president emphasized that the work carried out by Luis Almarcha and the previous team forms the basis for continuing the structuring of the project of European federalism in the Valencian Community. He also underlined that despite the painful consequences of the epidemic, vaccination from the EU also brings positive effects with more federal responses such as health management and economic management with the Recovery Plan called the New Generation EU. Likewise, the new president also expressed the areas of work that the organization targets in the coming months; These include carrying out activities to increase citizens’ participation in the European Parliament and European Parliament elections to be held in Spain on June 9. Development and commemoration of Europe Day, celebrated on 9 May.
Finally, the parliament discussed and approved the political document “Alicante Declaration”It aims to create reference points with the entire social, economic and political fabric of the Valencian Community to unite on the idea of a united, supportive and prosperous Europe in the face of different current challenges and threats.