"The Europeans Throughout the World" (ETTW) is a non-governmental federation of national associations for residents abroad
The participants at the 25th Anniversary meeting at the Europahuset in Stockholm, 14-15 May 2009
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 23 June 2009 )
NEW BOARD AND OFFICERS ELECTED
The ETTW General Assembly met in Brussels on 9 October 2009 and elected a new Board of Directors, who duly elected new officers, who constitute the Bureau.
The following Press Release was sent to major newspapers and media at European and national level:
Brussels, 10th October
2009.
Press Release
NEW
President
– Secretary General – Executive Committee
General
Assembly & Board of Directors Meeting on 9 October 2009.
The
Brussels-based federation The Europeans Throughout the World (ETTW) –
a non-governmental federation of national associations for residents
abroad has constituted a new Executive Committee with
President:
Hans Jørgen HELMS, Danes
Worldwide
Secretary
General: Nicholas NEWMAN,
Association for the Rights of Britons Abroad
Vice
Presidents:
Ms
Noreen Bowden, Emigrant
Advisory Network – Ireland
Simon-Pierre
Nothomb, Union
Francophone des Belges à l’Etranger
Paschalis
Papachristopoulos, World
Council of Hellenes Abroad
Jean-Claude
Séché, Français
du Monde – ADFE
Vladimir
Skalsky, World
Association of Slovaks living Abroad
Treasurer:
Koen van der Schaeghe, Vlamingen
in de Wereld
Deputy
Secretary General: Ms Marie-Claude Hayoit de Termicourt
The
Stockholm Recommendations adopted at the ETTW 25 year Anniversary
Meeting in Stockholm on 14
- 15 May 2009 hosted by
Swedes Abroad were
reconfirmed.
Addressed
to national and European authorities for the benefit of the 60 to 80
million Europeans living in another country than their own and for
whom the ETTW serves as a spokesman and defender the Stockholm
Recommendations conclude proposing that
A
Member of the European Commission should be given specific
responsibility for the Expatriate European Citizens.
Encl.:
The Stockholm Recommendations
Last Updated ( Monday, 16 November 2009 )
ETTW is Spokesman for and Defender of The European Expatriates
One of the statutory aims of The Europeans Throughout the World is to act as a Spokesman for the European expatriates towards all authorities and be their defender. There is a particular attention to the European citizens (nationals of the EU countries) who live and work in a so-called third country i.e. a country outside the European Union area be it Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australasia or elsewhere in the world. There are millions of them, and they are sometimes forgotten by the European authorities or by the national authorities of their home country.
The "Stockholm Recommendations" ( English) ( Français) , which bring together in summary form all the major demands and concerns that The Europeans throughout the World have worked on during the last 25 years, were adopted at the 25th Anniversary meeting held in Stockholm, at the invitation of the Federation Swedes Abroad, on 14 - 15 May 2009.
They have been sent to all EU Permanent Representatives and the Presidents of the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission.
Stockholm, 14th May 2009
STOCKHOLM RECOMMENDATIONS
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of their founding, The Europeans throughout the World, the confederation of associations of European expatriates, meeting in Stockholm at the kind invitation of the Federation Swedes Abroad, recalls that citizens of the European Union living in another country than their own throughout the world are estimated to number between 60 and 80 million, thus together forming the equivalent of a large member state, make very substantial contributions to Europe's presence in the world, and should be considered a great asset for Europe.
The Europeans throughout the World
urges European national governments and the institutions of the European Union, particularly the European Parliament,
to give political and practical recognition and support to this large body of citizens, many of whom have a very high degree of international mobility, consistent with and often a consequence of the progress of the EU and their professional and societal role within it;
to act upon the following recommendations, which proceed from over fifty-five years of experience of the EU and twenty-five years of action, and which also build upon and extend the Paris Declaration adopted at the Meeting of European Citizens resident outside their country of origin in Paris on 30 September 2008.
The ETTW 25th Anniversary Meeting, Stockholm, 14-15 May 2009
30 May 2009.
25th Anniversary Meeting and General Assembly
Stockholm, 14 – 15 May 2009.
25 delegates and some with their spouses from 13 ETTW member associations met in Stockholm on 14 – 15 May 2009 upon invitation from the Swedish member association Swedes Abroad. The meeting had a particular importance as it was held at the eve of Sweden taking the EU Presidency for the second semester of 2009, and the delegates met with representatives of the Swedish political environment. The event celebrated the 25th anniversary of ETTW, but was forward looking as the delegates agreed on a set of recommendations – The Stockholm Recommendations – addressed to national and European authorities for the benefit of the 60 to 80 million Europeans living in another country than their own and for whom the ETTW serves as a spokesman and defender.
Under
the auspices of the Wilaya of Greater Casablanca and the European Commission
Morocco organised by The Europeans Throughout the World in collaboration with
the Institut Marocain des Relations Internationales.
This Day
which gathered more than 150 Moroccan and European participants falls within
the objectives of The Europeans Throughout the World to organise the European
diaspora.
Casablanca was an ideal choice for a first meeting of its kind.
This commercial, industrial and cultural metropolis has since a long time hosted
numerous expatriates and the curious explorers of the world have left from here
since a very long time ago.
English