The European Movement International on the occasion of its Federal Council:

Welcomes the solemn proclamation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights on 12 December and the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon on 13 December;

Urges all member states to complete their ratification procedures as quickly as possible;

Looks forward to a European Union, thus reformed, with an enhanced capacity to act at home and abroad, stronger citizenship and more robust parliamentary democracy;

Warns the European political parties that the next European elections in 2009 might be used, as has happened in the past, for national politics, neglecting the opportunity for an in-depth discussion of the construction of a democratic Europe;

Believes that the European political parties have sufficient power in the European Parliament to make the European elections the starting point for a more democratic Europe, capable of acting;

Requests- that the European political parties include in their manifestos the possibility of choosing candidates according to transnational lists, thereby strengthening the European public sphere;- that the European political parties present candidates for the available EU posts before the next European elections, announcing to voters that they entrust the new European Commission with the responsibility of implementing their electoral programme.