Lisbon Ratification top priority for UEF

9.55.00am BST (GMT +0100) Tue 14th Apr 2009

Andrew Duff, as president of the Union of European Federalists is highlighting the necessity of ratifying the Lisbon Treaty to make Europe "more powerful, open and democratic". At a breakfast with the press, on 1 April in Brussels, he explained that ratification of Lisbon is the UEF's top priority. The two other fundamental points of the federalists' manifesto are the response to the economic crisis and the challenges of climate change.

The manifesto is available at www.europolitics.info

Andrew Duff's new book "Saving the European Union" will be launched on Tuesday, 14.04.2009, 18.30 - 20.00 at Salon des Membres, Spinelli Building ground floor, European Parliament