Matthias Matthiesen

I write mainly about European federalism, with occasional notes on personal events and interests.

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Painterly portrait of Charles de Gaulle before a blue-and-gold European Union flag.

Eurogaullism

De Gaulle was right about sovereignty, but in the twenty-first century it can only be secured at European scale.

Painterly blue-and-gold image of a white dove flying before a European Union flag.

The Century of European Union

An interactive timeline showing Europe's movement from conquest and domination to freedom, peace, and prosperity through integration.

Painterly blue-and-gold view of a circular parliamentary chamber with concentric seating.

A Bicameral Legislature for the European Union

In a federal EU, the legislature should be a bicameral parliament of two co-equal chambers: one representing the people, one the member states. Both should be able to introduce laws, and both should be needed to pass them.

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