First signatories

At the end of November 2022 more than 15,000 Europeans have signed the petition at this link. Below is the list with the 200 European intellectuals from 30 European countries and all UK nations that signed our letter before it went public in April 2021.

Samuel Abraham – PhD, Rector of BISLA and Editor of Kritika&Kontext – Bratislava, Slovakia

Lilli Alanen – Professor Emeritus of History of Philosophy, University of Uppsala – Uppsala, Sweden

Alberto Alemanno – Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, HEC Paris – Paris, France

Neal Ascherson – Writer, journalist, former foreign correspondent for the Guardian and editor of Public Archaeology – Scotland

Jan Assmann – Professor Emeritus, Institute for Egyptology, University of Heidelberg – Konstanz, Germany

Albena Azmanova – Associate Professor of Political and Social Thought, Brussels School of International Studies – Brussels, Belgium

Etienne Balibar – Chair, Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University London – Paris, France

Solvej Balle – Writer – Marstal, Denmark

Anthony Barnett – Writer and Co-founder, Open Democracy – Oxford, England

Rainer Bauböck – Chairman, Commission on Migration and Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Professor of Social and Political Theory, European University Institute – Vienna, Austria

Neil Belton – Writer and publisher – London, England

Volker R. Berghahn – Seth Low Emeritus Professor of History, Columbia University – New York, USA

Cinthia Bianconi – President, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti – Rome, Italy

Florian Bieber – Jean Monnet Chair in the Europeanisation of Southeastern Europe, University of Graz – Graz, Austria

William Boyd – Novelist – London, England

June Caldwell – Writer – Dublin, Ireland

Carmen Calill – Writer and Founder of Virago Press, Fellow, Royal Society of Literature – London, England

Duncan Campbell – Investigative Journalist – Brighton, England

Allan Cameron – Writer – Glasgow, Scotland

Lydia Carras – Founder and director Greek Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage – Athens, Greece

Iannis Carras – Historian and political scientist, University of Macedonia – Thessaloniki, Greece

Roger Casale – President, New Europeans – Roccatederighi, Italy

John Paul Cauci – Environmental health researcher – Valletta, Malta

Jonathan Coe – Novelist – England

Luke Cooper – Researcher, Politics and International Relations, LSE, Convenor, Another Europe is Possible – London, England

Arthur Cormack – Gaelic singer – Portree, Scotland

Olivier Costa – Professor of EU Studies, CNRS-CEVIPOF, Director, Department of European Political and Governance Studies, College of Europe – Bruges, Belgium

Brian Cox – Actor, Olivier Award, Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner – New York, USA

Franca D’Agostini – Philosopher – Torino, Italy

Ida Dominjanni – Journalist and author – Rome, Italy

Sionaidh Douglas-Scott – Anniversary Chair of Law Queen Mary University, formerly Professor of European and Human Rights Law – London, England

Fiona Dove – Executive Director, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam – Amsterdam, Netherlands

Patrick Doyle – Scots born Oscar and Cesar nominated composer – London, England

Nishan Dzhingozyan – East-European Forum coordinator – London, England

David Edgerton – Professor of Modern British History, King’s College London – London, England

Regina Egle Liotta Catrambone – MOAS International Co-Founder & Director – La Valletta, Malta

Brian Eno – Artist and Musician – London, England

Casper Eric – Writer – Copenhagen, Denmark

Thomas Hylland Eriksen – Professor for Social Anthropology, University of Oslo – Oslo, Norway

Eva Erman – Professor of Politics, Stockholm University, Editor in Chief, Ethics and Global Politics – Stockholm, Sweden

Richard Eyre – Director in Film, Theatre and Opera – Gloucestershire, England

Elena Ferrante – Writer – Italy

Peter Finch – Poet – Cardiff, Wales

Neil Gaiman – Author and writer – England

Paul Gillespie – Senior research fellow, Institute for British-Irish Studies, University College Dublin and Irish Times columnist – Dublin, Ireland

Paul Gilroy – Writer and teacher – London, England

Misha Glenny – Writer and Broadcaster – London, England

Ana Gomes – Human right campaigner and former diplomat – Cascais, Portugal

Michael Gray – Solicitor and Activist – Edinburgh, Scotland

Hana Grgic – Journalist – Berlin, Germany

Ulrike Guerot – Founder and Director, European Democracy Lab, Berlin – Berlin, Germany

Christopher Hampton – Playwright, Academy Award winner – London, England

Kirstin Hannesdòttir – Architect and Honorary Icelandic Consul – Edinburgh, Scotland

Miklos Haraszti – Writer and human rights champion – Budapest, Hungary

Gerry Hassan – Writer and commentator – Glasgow, Scotland

Alistair Heather – Writer and presenter – Newbigging, Scotland

Jens-André P. Herbener – Historian of Religion & Author – Ringsted, Denmark

Sam Heughan – Actor – Scotland

Leslie Hills – Film Producer, Skyline Productions – Edinburgh, Scotland

Felix Hoffmann – Activist – Berlin, Germany

Axel Honneth – Director, Institute for Social Research, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Jack C. Weinstein Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University – Frankfurt, Germany

Srećko Horvat – Philosopher – Island of Vis, Croatia

Vedran Horvat – Head of the Institute for Political Ecology – Zagreb, Croatia

Ivo Indzhov – Associate Professor of Journalism, State St Cyril and St Methodius University – Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Daniel Innerarity – Professor of Political Philosophy at University of the Basque Country – Saint Sebastian, Spain

Abby Innes – Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE – London, England

Federico Ippoliti – Advancement manager – Glasgow, Scotland

Jure Ivanusic – Actor, writer and musician – Maribor, Slovenia

Carsten Jensen – Writer – Copenhagen, Denmark

Liz Jensen – Writer – Copenhagen, Denmark

Janina Jetter – Writer and Translator – Oxford, England

Tobias Jones – Writer and journalist – Parma, Italy

Mary Kaldor – Professor of Global Governance, LSE – London, England

Pat Kane – Writer and musician – Glasgow, Scotland

Jackie Kay – Scots Makar, the national poet laureate of Scotland – Manchester, England

Billy Kay – Writer/broadcaster – Scotland

João Kay – Language Tutor – Scotland

Debora Kayembe – Human Rights lawyer, political activist and current Rector of the University of Edinburgh – Edinburgh, Scotland

Daniel Kehlmann – Writer and Fellow, German Academy for Language and Literature (Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung) – Berlin, Germany

A.L. Kennedy – Writer, academic and stand-up comedian – Wivenhoe, England

Declan Kiberd – Writer, author of Inventing Ireland, Ulysses and Us – Dublin, Ireland

Corinna Kirchhoff – Actress – Berlin, Germany

Eszter Kollar – Assistant Professor, Center for Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, KU Leuven – Leuven, Belgium

Milja Komulainen – Artist and Activist – Helsinki, Finland

Lea Kreinin – Lecturer at Tallinn Polytechnical College – Glasgow, Scotland

Halliki Kreinin – Teaching and Research Assistant at the Ecological Economics Institute, Vienna – Vienna, Austria

Roman Krznaric – Philosopher, Long Now Foundation, San Francisco – London, England

Brigid Laffan – Director, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute – Florence, Italy

Bård Larsen – Historian, Civita – Oslo, Norway

Marc Lazar – Professor of history and sociology, Institut d’Etudes Politiques – Paris, France

Leif Lewin – Johann Skytte Professor Emeritus of Eloquence and Government, Uppsala University – Uppsala, Sweden

Charlotta E. Lindell – Journalist – Malmo, Sweden

Ondřej Lipár – Poet – Prague, Czech Republic

Santiago López-García – Professor, History and Economic Institutions, University of Salamanca – Salamanca, Spain

Jamie Mackay – Writer and Translator – Florence, Italy

Colin Macpherson – Spokesperson for Germans for Scottish Independence – Straubing, Germany

Catherine Malabou – Professor of Philosophy, Kingston University and European Graduate School – Kingston, England

Andrea Mammone – Historian at University of London – London, England

Phillip Marliere – Professor of French and European Politics, UCL – London, England

David Marquand – Political Theorist and Historian, on. Distinguished Professor, Cardiff University – Penarth, Wales

Judith Marquand – Economic Sociologist, Hon. Professor, Cardiff University – Penarth, Wales

Lorenzo Marsili – Philosopher and Activist, Co-Founder, European Alternatives – Italy

Laura McAllister – Professor of Public Policy and the Governance of Wales, Cardiff University – Cardiff, Wales

Val McDermid – Writer and broadcaster – Scotland

Ian McEwan – Writer, Fellow, Royal Society of Literature – London, England

Cameron McNeish – Mountaineer, broadcaster, writer, FRSGS – Badenoch, Scotland

Yves Mény – Emeritus President European University Institute – Florence, Italy

Susi Meret – Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Society, Aalborg University – Aalborg, Denmark

Gian Giacomo Migone – Emeritus Professor, History of Euro-Atlantic Relations, University of Torino, Advisor, Center of European Studies, Columbia University – Turin, Italy

George Monbiot – Writer and campaigner – Oxford, England

Jane Morrice – Journalist, former Deputy Speaker of the NI Assembly, Head of the EU Commission Office in NI, Vice President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) – Bangor, Northern Ireland

Tom Nairn – Political Scientist, Distinguished IAS Fellow at University College, Durham University – Livingston, Scotland

Sofia Näsström – Professor, Department of Government, Uppsala University – Uppsala, Sweden

Kalypso Nikolaïdis – Director, Center of International Studies, University of Oxford, Chair, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute – Florence, Italy

Eduard Nižňanský – Professor of History, Comenius University Bratislava – Bratislava, Slovakia

Magnus Nome – Writer and Editor, Teddy TV – Oslo, Norway

Claire Methven O’Brien – Baxter Fellow and Lecturer in Law, University of Dundee, Chief Adviser, Danish Institute for Human Rights – Dundee, Scotland

Brendan O’Leary – Lauder Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, USA

Fintan O’Toole – Author, literary critic, historical writer, and political commentator – Dublin, Ireland

Katrin Oddsdottir – Human Rights Lawyer and Director, Icelandic Constitution Society – Reykjavik, Iceland

Claus Offe – Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology, Hertie School, University of Governance, Berlin – Berlin, Germany

Sofi Oksanen – Writer and playwright – Helsinky, Finland

Nigel Osborne – Composer – Scottish Borders, Scotland

John Osmond – Writer and former Director, Institute of Welsh Affairs – Cardiff, Wales

Reka Kinga Papp – Editor, Eurozine – Vienna, Austria

Silvia Paracchini – Geneticist, University of St.Andrews, FRSE – The Royal Society of Edinburgh – St. Andrews, Scotland

Flavia Perina – Journalist and author – Rome, Italy

Philip Pettit – Professor of Politics and Human Values, Princeton University – Princeton, USA

Andrea Pisauro – Activist and Neuroscientist, University of Birmingham – Oxford, England

Marina Prentoulis – Associate Professor of Politics and Media, University of East Anglia – London, England

Philip Pullman – Writer – Oxford, England

Sioned Puw Rowlands – Director, Wales Literature Exchange – Aberystwyth, Wales

Carla Hilário Quevedo – Author and TV Commentator – Lisbon, Portugal

Carlos Quevedo – Journalist and Radio producer – Lisbon, Portugal

Adam Ramsay – Editor, Open Democracy – Edinburgh, Scotland

Elena Remigi – Founder and Director, In Limbo Project – Maidenhead, England

Lesley Riddoch – Writer and Broadcaster – Edinburgh, Scotland

Lise Ringhof – Writer – Valby, Denmark

James Robertson – Writer, general editor of the Scots language imprint Itchy Coo – Angus, Scotland

Ricky Ross – Musician – Glasgow, Scotland

Christian F. Rostbøll – Professor of political science – Copenhagen, Denmark

Laura C. Roth – Researcher on participatory democracy, political culture and feminism – Aia, Spain

Apolena Rychlíková – Documentary film director – Czech Republic

Astrid Saalbach – Writer – Copenaghen, Denmark

Alex Sakalis – Writer and teacher – Corfu, Greece

Saskia Sassen – Columbia University. – New York, USA

Roberto Saviano – Journalist and writer – Italy

Willem Schinkel – Associate Professor of Theoretical Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands

Joachim Schiødt – Musician – Frederiksberg, Denmark

Rory Scothorne – Writer – Edinbgurgh, Scotland

Sławomir Sierakowski – Founder, Krytyka Polityczna, Director, Institute for Advanced Study, Warsaw – Warsaw, Poland

Jānis Šipkēvics – Musician and composer – Riga, Latvia

Lars Skinnebach – Poet – Sønderho, Denmark

Mike Small – Editor of Bella Caledonia – Edinburgh, Scotland

Elaine Constance Smith – Actress – Glasgow, Scotland

Morten Søndergaard – Writer – Pietrasanta, Italy

Jan Sowa – Sociologist, Associate Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw – Warsaw, Poland

Kristina Stolz – Writer – Copenhagen, Denmark

Nanna Storr-Hansen – Writer – Skovlunde, Denmark

Joan Subirats – Professor of Political Science, Autonomous University of Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain

G. M. Tamás – Professor of Philosophy, Central European University, Vienna/Budapest – Budapest, Hungary

Peter Tatchell – Human Rights Campaigner – London, England

Sérgio Tavares – Chair – Commission for Consular Affairs, Civic and Political Participation. Council of the Portuguese Diaspora (CCP) – Glasgow, Scotland

Janne Teller – Writer – London, England

Ece Temelkuran – Journalist and author – Zagreb, Croatia

Vladimir Tismăneanu – Professor of Politics, Director, Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies, University of Maryland – College Park, USA

Jennifer Todd – Research Director Institute for British Irish Studies, UCD – Dublin, Ireland

Colm Tóibín – Writer and Fellow, Royal Society of Literature, Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor, Columbia University – New York, USA

Adam Tooze – Director, European Institute, Professor of History, Columbia University – New York, USA

Nadia Urbinati – Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Professor of Political Theory, University of Columbia – New York, USA

Erik Valeur – Writer – Sønderho, Denmark

Luisa Valmarin – Professor of Literature, Sapienza University – Rome, Italy

Phillipe van Parijs – Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics, University of Louvain, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Leuven, Fellow, British Academy – Louvain, Belgium

Robert Van Voren – Human right activist and sovietologist – Vilnius, Lithuania

Federico Varese – Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford – Oxford, England

Alexander Vella Gregory – Composer – Valletta, Malta

Borna Vujčić – Writer – Zagreb, Croatia

Hilary Wainwright – Associate Transnational Institute, Editor, Red Pepper Magazine – London, England

Vron Ware – Writer and teacher – London, England

Nikoline Werdelin – Writer, play-writer, cartoonist – Copenaghen, Denmark

Anne Weyembergh – Professor Faculty of Law and Institute of European Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Founder and Co-ordinator, European Criminal Law Academic Network – Bruxelles, Belgium

Stuart White – Associate Professor of Politics, University of Oxford – Oxford, England

Robin Wilson – Editor and researcher, Social Europe – Belfast, Northern Ireland

Neşe Yaşın – Poet and author – Nicosia, Cyprus

Gary Younge – Journalist, author, broadcaster and academic – Manchester, England

Matthew Zajac – Artistic Director Dogstar Theatre – Dingwall, Scotland 

Slavoj Žižek – Philosopher and cultural critic – Ljubljana, Slovenia

Alenka Zupančič – Philosopher and psychoanalytic theorist – Ljubljana, Slovenia