Welcome to the EUROCAPITALES website

The association EUROCAPITALES PARIS-ILE DE FRANCE operates within the European Movement – Ile de France (CLIF). It aims to establish links between members of various European Movements and Houses of Europe, chiefly between those leaving in Ile de France and those from national or regional capital cities. It aims to create besides formal and working relations at the central level a network of personal relationships between members of various national movements.

The "Eurocapitales Network" has been created with the aim of structuring these exchanges. The concerns of citizens of these cities with respect to the European construction are the main part of their exchanges.

The activity of the Eurocapital  Network lies in organising:
- multilateral and bilateral meetings.
- information exchanges on respective activities.
- in the capital cities, meetings between European nationals of different countries.

The association Eurocapitales Paris-Ile de France coordinates the Network. A correspondent for each of the capital cities has been designed to establish links and prepare meetings and events agreed upon.

You will find a membership form by clicking ici.

Activities 1999-2009 :

Bilateral or trilateral meetings with Bern, Berlin, Brussels, London, Turin, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Riga (topic: the euro, the enlargement, identities and federal experiences).

Multilateral meetings:
In November 1999 took place in Paris the Constitutive Meeting of the Eurocapitales Network attended by 25 delegates coming from nine countries including Paris (specific theme, the reform of institutions). Following the success of this meeting, the regular holding of similar events was decided by the participants with the aim of gradually expand the network.

So in October 2000, the Second plenary Meeting brought together 86 participants from 10 capital cities (theme: migration to and from the EU).

The Third Meeting in October 2001 on the theme "Europe and the media" has expanded again and consolidated the Network (see the Charter of the Network and the Conclusions adopted).

The Fourth Meeting, in November 2002, took place in Paris on the theme insecurity in the cities. 

The Fifth Meeting was held in Helsinki in October 2003 and devoted to environmental issues.

The Sixth Meeting took place in November 2004 in Stuttgart, regional capital. 
The themes chosen for bilateral or plenary meetings are related to European integration concerning citizens leaving in capital cities.

The Seventh Meeting was held in Paris in October 2005 on the theme of European citizenship and health in Europe.

The 2006 meeting was held in October in Lisbon (topic: The European social model and worker’s mobility)

The Ninth Meeting was held in Budapest in January 2008 (theme: Architectural Inheritance).

The Tenth Meeting 2008 took place in November in Helsinki (theme: Climate change – Global Problem, European leadership).

The Eleventh Meeting was held in Brussels in October 2009 on the theme "Innovation and Creativity".

The 2010 meeting will take place in Athens and Patras.