Christian Philip was elected new President of the European Movement France on Friday 25 June in Paris.

Currently Rector of the Academy of Montpellier, Christian Philip has also held local mandates, a legislative mandate and has written several books on European topics. He was Vice-President under the former President of EM France, Sylvie Goulard, and is now succeeding her term. During his speech, he paid his respect to her work and highly appreciated her commitment and dedication over the past three and a half years. He also reiterated the importance of the mission of the European Movement France which is to do “everything to help citizens to claim ownership of the idea and of the project of the European Union once again, and to show that a federal Europe is not a utopia but a necessity”.

Christian Philip wishes to mobilise all the leaders of the sections of the European Movement France, all the individual members and member associations, with the aim to double the number of members in the next two years. He added that he will promote the creation of new sections, introduce more activities and events, in order to share “our passion for Europe, our conviction for a federal Europe”.