[clarification needed] EFP is the result of the reunification of Europe United, which was founded in 2005 and had a presence in several countries of the European Union,[3] and the French Parti fédéraliste.

On the other hand, the French and other national associations composing the EFP decided to continue its political action as European Federalist Party.

It was initially supported by prominent European personalities, such as Marco Pannella (former MEP, deputy, Italian senator and collaborator of Altiero Spinelli), who was one of the founding members.

That implies: The EFP argues that most of the ills in the European Union today come from the past and from the shortcomings of an institutional scheme that was completed by the crisis.

The announced goal is to create a mass popular movement around the party and the idea of a federal Europe to respond to the current crisis.