„Devant les perspectives terrifiantes qui s’ouvrent à l’humanité, nous apercevons encore mieux que la paix est le seul combat qui vaille d’être mené. Ce n’est plus une prière, mais un ordre qui doit monter des peuples vers les gouvernements, l’ordre de choisir définitivement entre l’enfer et la raison.“

(Albert Camus, Combat,  8 août 1945).

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Bernard Barthalay has signed the Appeal for the Union of federalists – Uniting Federalists – to respond to global challenges. The text can be found in our Archive.

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Luigi Vittorio Maiocchi was born in Vigevano (Lombardy) on 11 October 1937. In 1955 he entered the Ghislieri College in Pavia, where he graduated in law. His decision to become an activist for federalism dates back to 1957. From 1980 to 1986 he was secretary of the Movimento Federalista Europeo. From 1984 to 1987, he was Secretary General of the European Movement International. In 1989, he was awarded the Jean Monnet Chair for the History of European Integration at the University of Pavia. In the nineteen sixties and nineteen seventies, he taught History and Philosophy at the Taramelli Modern High School in Pavia.