Supranational Federalism
Supranational Federalism, The World Citizens' Journal, is a quarterly in English edited by Guido Montani, honorary member of the Union of European Federalists. Published since September 2025 under the auspices of the Altiero Spinelli Institute for Federalist Studies in Ventotene, it seeks a dialogue between peoples, nations and civilisations on a just and peaceful world order founded on democratic supranational institutions. It is open to writers from every country and especially invites young people to contribute.
Adapted from federalists.eu.
Issues
Articles
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The Youth Protest in Europe
November 2026
From France to Portugal, young people are taking to the streets over schools, rents and the cost of living. The roots of their unease lie beyond national borders, the piece argues, and so must the answer.
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After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order, by Rana Dasgupta
September 2026
A sweeping new history traces how France, Britain, America and China built today’s world order, and why it is coming apart. The review praises the diagnosis but rejects its verdict that a world federation is a philosopher’s dream.
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A Euro-African Response to the Spanish-Moroccan Dispute over Immigration
September 2026
This summer’s mass crossing into Ceuta showed that African migration is both a lasting challenge and a weapon used against the Union. The answer, the article argues, is a joint development plan with the African Union and a common foreign policy for the continent.
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Is the EU Already a Federation? Why Theorising This Matters for Federalists
September 2026
A legal scholar’s comparison with the United States suggests the Union already shares the defining features of a union of states. Naming it correctly, the article argues, changes what the movement should press for next.
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UEF Calls for Immediate Action to Protect the ICC and Activate the EU Blocking Statute
September 2026
Washington has vowed to dismantle the International Criminal Court. Brussels already holds the tool to shield it, a 1996 law written for exactly this kind of foreign pressure, and the statement asks the Commission to finally use it.
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Power Politics, Democracy and Federalism
September 2026
Washington’s campaign against the International Criminal Court is part of a wider assault on the institutions built after 1945 to protect human rights. Recalling how interwar regimes were hollowed out from within, the editorial calls on European and world federalists to campaign together for a reformed United Nations.
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Europe’s Geopolitical Turn and the Federalist Goal
June 2026
Brussels now admits the old order is gone but stops short of the reforms that would let the Union defend itself. Without a common government and defence, the article warns, it will remain a market without political power.
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Europe’s Federalism Imperative
June 2026
The erosion of the rules-based order exposes how little power the Union can actually wield abroad. Only democratic federal institutions, the authors argue, can turn Europe from a passive bystander into a political actor.
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Federal Bridges: The Need for a United Front for Peace in the Middle East
June 2026
Israel’s divided peace camp offers three answers to the conflict: two states, shared institutions, or a regional settlement. Rather than rival options, the author treats them as stages on one path toward a lasting peace.
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The Sunrise Scenario: How a Climate Community Can Create a World Federation of Nations
June 2026
Three decades of consensus diplomacy have failed to halt rising emissions. A small coalition of rich and poor countries, bound by law and a shared purpose, could grow into something larger, as coal and steel once grew into the European Union.
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Imperial Technocracy and Democracy
June 2026
Peter Thiel’s vision of a world run by technology monopolies helps explain the MAGA movement’s assault on multilateral institutions. Federalists share his distrust of the nation state, the editorial argues, but answer it with a democratic world federation, not rule by a digital elite.
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When Global Citizens Awaken: An Opportunity for Global Federalism
March 2026
Democracy is stagnating while powerful minorities tighten their grip, the piece argues, and ordinary people cannot leave world order to politics or business. It urges individuals to examine their own needs, join movements and citizens’ assemblies, and help bring federalism to the world.
