Brussels, 02/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Union of European Federalists (UEF), chaired by Jo Leinen, member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, suggests in a press release that the European Union should propose "a peace plan that involves all countries from the Middle East". According to UEF, "a peaceful solution of the crisis would consist in proposing a federal project to overcome the inter-community clashes on a long-term basis". The European Union, the Federalists stress, "is an example of how states which have fought against each other in several wars can become good partners". The UEF states, moreover, that the European Convention should "overcome the weakness of the EU in the fields of foreign, security and defence policy, by transforming the EU into a real political union based on a European Constitution, with a federal government and the necessary means to implement its policies".