As a non-profit association, open to all individuals and organisations supporting European integration, the EMB works for the promotion of a united Europe, closer to its citizens.
[1] The European Movement International was founded in 1948 by pioneers of Europe such as Winston Churchill, Konrad Adenauer and Alcide de Gasperi.
A difficult financial situation and the European Parliament elections by universal suffrage in 1979 (which was, for some, an ideal link between the Community and its citizens) led the Belgian scuttling.
As a non-profit organization, the MEB depends on membership fees, private sponsors and grants from government institutions, which are all in favor of European cooperation.
The MEB is today chaired by Hilde Vautmans MEP, Belgian politician and member of the European Parliament for Open VLD.