Prison island birthplace of EU reborn as think-tank venue
Ventotene seen from twin isle Santo Stefano (Photo: Silvia Marchetti)
Rome, Today, 07:21
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Ventotene Manifesto, the European Union s building block. Celebrations have kicked-off on two small twin islands off the coast of Rome which are considered the cradle of Europe - and are pushing for greater integration.
This month, tourists enjoyed watching a team of pro-Europeans swim three miles from Cala Nave beach on Ventotene island all the way to the spooky abandoned prison isle of Santo Stefano, rising across the choppy waters, to commemorate the birth of the manifesto and European values.
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Time to turn Europe Day into a Europeans’ Day
In the face of the black clouds of sovereignism, which have never disappeared, it is time for civil society to mobilise also to turn Europe Day into a celebration of Europeans, says EuropaNow! president Eric Jozsef.
Published on 9 May 2021 at 16:54
‘A united Europe was not achieved and we had war’. It was with this memory-monitory that Robert Schuman inaugurated the adventure of the European Community on 9 May 1950. Seventy-one years later, there are three reasons to celebrate the anniversary of this statement by the then French Foreign Minister, made just five years after the end of the world conflict and chosen in 1985 to mark Europe Day.