European Federalist Party

The European Federalist Party (abbreviated as PFE in french, EFP in english) is a European political party founded on in Paris. EFP is one of the first European-oriented political parties that openly defends European federalism and is not a coalition of pre-existing national parties.
The European Federalist Party is made up of members from 12 European countries, from civil society, who face their professional life and political commitment.
History.
EFP is the result of the reunification of the Federalist Party of France and the Europe United Party which had a presence in several countries of the European Union.
In 2016, the office was composed of President Pietro De Matteis, Vice President Geogios Kostakos, Secretary General Emmanuel Rodary, Treasurer Mariarosaria Marziali, John Retetagos, Marco Marazzi and Michel Caillouet. Following the general assembly of , the office of the European Federalist Party merges with the citizen movements Stand-up for the United States of Europe and USE Now to create Stand Up For Europe. <br>
On the other hand, the different national associations composing the EFP decide to continue their political action as European Federalist Party. Yves Gernigon, president of the Parti fédéraliste (France), becomes leader of the EFP.
Political project.
The goal of the European Federalist Party is to create a European Federation of voluntary member states of the European Union. It aims to present candidates at all elections across Europe. He was initially supported by prominent European personalities, such as Marco Pannella (former MEP, deputy, Italian senator and Altiero Spinelli collaborator), who was one of the founding members.
The members of the PFE campaign for the creation of a supranational European State with limited sovereign powers and political institutions: government, assembly, federal Senate representing the Member States.
Main proposals.
As the name suggests, the party's goal is to make the European Union a true federal state. This project can be carried out possibly from a nucleus of volunteer countries members of the euro area. That implies :
The EFP and the European Union.
The EFP believes that most of the ills in the European Union today are due to old age and the shortcomings of an institutional scheme that was completed by the crisis. The European Federalist Party wants to go beyond the current Union, which according to that party is "bureaucratic and undemocratic".
The federal Europe desired by the EFP has nothing to do with the current European Union, which would be too weak to defend European interests, and too far from the concerns of citizens.
Political strategy.
The European Federalist Party, like the federalist model, leaves a great deal of autonomy to its national sections, which have a certain freedom of adaptation of the European program to the local culture. On the other hand, the European program whose primary goal is to build a European federation is common. The EFP thus seeks to differentiate itself from the current official formations of the European Parliament by proposing a real cohesion on the European level. The announced goal is to create a mass popular movement around the party and the idea of a federal Europe to respond to the current crisis. 
The European Federalist Party has participated in numerous elections, including the French presidential election and the European elections.