– Kunnioitamme brittien äänestyksen tulosta, ja me pahoittelemme sitä, vetoomuksen tähän mennessä allekirjoittaneet toteavat.

Heidän mielestään brexit ei kuitenkaan saa tukehduttaa eurooppalaisten energiaa.

– Meidän on uudistuttava ja kohdattava yhdessä valtavat haasteet.

Vetoomus Euroopan uudeksi tiekartaksi sisältää kuusi esitystä. Niillä pyritään vahvistamaan demokratiaa ja kansalaisten mahdollisuuksia vaikuttaa. Tiekartalla haetaan myös uusia kansalaislähtöisiä askelia turvallisuuteen ja puolustukseen.

Kansalaiset voivat allekirjoittaa vetoomuksen osoitteessa:

www.m9m.eu

Lue englanninkielinen vetoomus:

REINVENTING EUROPE
A Roadmap for a New European Renaissance

We respect the vote of British citizens, and we regret it. But we can’t let Brexit sap our energy. Europeans have to reinvent themselves and face major, but shared, challenges.
To this end, together with figures from culture, politics and the third sector who have all manner of sensibilities and horizons, we took the initiative to call for a new step in the European project: the 9 May Appeal, published on the same day in ten different Member States. Here, we propose a “Roadmap for a New European Renaissance.” It could be implemented as of next autumn and includes six concrete initiatives:
1. Strengthening European democracy and civic culture;
2. A new step in terms of security, defence and the protection of European citizens;
3. A strategy for hosting and integrating refugees and, if applicable, preparing the conditions for their eventual return to their home country;
4. A new European industrial policy, based on low-carbon growth, able to modernise our economy and create many local jobs;
5. The perfection of the Eurozone, such that it functions more efficiently and no longer creates inequalities;
6. The launch of a secondary school Erasmus programme, which will bring together an entire generation of young Europeans.
The 9 May Appeal had a considerable impact. Citizens back our proposals, several MPs and MEPs consider it a good basis for re-launching the European project, third sector organisations use it as a source for reflection, and heads of state and government, including the President of the French Republic, have invited us to meet with them.
Our ambition is to contribute to a rapid re-appropriation of the European project by our fellow citizens for the common interest of all. We are designing our shared future. The roadmap is ambitious, concrete, realistic and focused on the needs and concerns of citizens. If it is not implemented soon, the disaffection of Europeans with European institutions will accelerate, potentially constituting a first step towards the dismantlement of the Union. Such a regression is a threat to our democracies.
In a world full of geopolitical, security, migration, climate and economic challenges, all of which are transnational, a united and strong Europe is more essential than ever. The Union should respect national diversity, guarantee fundamental rights, be able to integrate migrants, create jobs, reduce inequalities and influence the course of the world. To this end, the European Union must become a great democratic, cultural, ecological and economic power in a multipolar world where Europeans will soon represent only 5% of the total population. This is necessary for our fellow citizens to regain confidence in the future.
For ten years, public debate has been saturated by the opponents of the European project. They denounce EU inaction in terms of security, foreign and defence policies, despite being the ones who denied the Union the means to act. Let’s break out of this absurd cycle and give the Union the ability and the means to make a lasting improvement to our lives.
Six initiatives for six emergencies. Besides these concrete proposals, we ask for more effective European institutions. The European Parliament should at the best moment call for an open and transparent convention, which should feed the debates in civil society. It is necessary to adapt the treaties to cope with the challenges we face today. Such a process would lead us to a new treaty allowing countries willing to move forward to do so.
We can’t follow this roadmap without you. We need you, citizens of our EU countries, to take over the initiative – discuss it, perfect it or even contradict it! The European Union should be back in everyone’s hands, and should no longer be monopolised by those who wish to destroy it. We believe that only such a citizens’ movement will give our leaders the strength to act. We call for all citizens sharing the same conviction to join us. Let’s start together a great European dialogue on how the European Union could benefit all of us – right now!
Join us and sign the Roadmap for a New European Renaissance, go on www.m9m.eu
The co-writers of the Roadmap for a New European Renaissance are:

Guillaume Klossa (FR), writer, initiator of the roadmap, founder of EuropaNova, former Sherpa to the reflection group on the future of Europe (European Council),
László Andor (HU), former European Commissioner,
Lionel Baier (CH), filmmaker,
Michel Barnier (FR), former Minister of foreign affairs and former Vice-President of the European Commission, European Popular Party,
Mercedes Bresso (IT), MEP, former President of the Committee of the Regions,
Elmar Brok (DE), MEP, President of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, European Popular Party, European Parliament,
Daniel Cohn-Bendit (DE-FR), former President of “The Greens” Group, European Parliament,
Georgios Dassis (GR), trade unionist, President of the European economic and social committee,
Paul Dujardin (BE), CEO of the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Brussels (BOZAR),
Philippe de Buck (BE), former Director general of BusinessEurope, member of the European Economic and Social Committee,
Joschka Fischer (DE), former Foreign Minister and Vice-chancellor of Germany,
Cynthia Fleury (FR), philosopher,
Felipe González(ES), former Prime Minister, former President of the reflection group on the future of Europe (European Council),
Danuta Huebner (PL), former European Commissioner, president of the Committee of Constitutional Affairs, European Popular Party, European Parliament,
Catiuscia Marini (IT), President of the PES Group at the Committee of the Regions, President of Umbria,
Robert Menasse (AT), writer,
Jo Leinen (DE), MEP, President of the European Movement,
Christophe Leclerq (FR), media entrepreneur and founder of EurActiv,
Sofi Oksanen (FI), writer,
Maria João Rodrigues (PT), member of EU Presidency teams, former Minister, Vice-Chair of the Socialists and Democrats Group, European Parliament,
Roberto Saviano (IT), writer,
Nicolas Schmit (LU), Minister of Labour, Employment and Immigration of Luxembourg,
Gesine Schwan (DE), President of the Humboldt-Viadrina Governance Platform,
Kirsten van den Hul (NL), writer and editorial writer,
Philippe van Parijs (BE), philosopher, Professor at the Oxford University, l’Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL),
David van Reybrouck (BE), writer and founder of the Brussels Poetry Collective and the G1000, citizens summit (platform for democratic innovation),
Petre Roman (RO), former Prime Minister of Romania and Former President of the Senate ;
Claudia
Țapardel (RO), MEP, member of the European Parliament Committee on Constitutional affairs ;
Guy Verhofstadt (BE), former Prime Minister, Chairman of the ALDE Group, European Parliament,
Guillaume Vicaire (FR), Director general of publishing group Editis,
Cédric Villani (FR), mathematician, Fields Medal,
Sasha Waltz (DE), choreographer, dancer and leader of the dance company Sasha Waltz and Guests.