The Gefira Foundation was set up by Bart Kruitwagen and Franck Biancheri in 1987 to support the "European" project by overcoming the paralysis of the European integration process. The foundation was the organisational vehicle which together with French industrialist Bernard Rossmann (OPCE) was behind the creation of AEGEE, Prometheus-Europe, Newropeans and IDE.
The European identity, rooted in the different European cultures with the unifying common denominator of Christian ethics, Greek philosophy and Roman law, has been Europe's strength for centuries: "United in diversity", was the motto of the European project. The Gefira Team's objective is to see our continent as a sanctuary of our European culture. Respecting other cultures we want to perceive and maintain the European culture. As it is, the European Union, which we used to advocate, has turned out to be a bureaucratic apparatus with an agenda of its own, where the will of European peoples is barely if ever considered.
suggesting workable and satisfactory solutions.
commodities trading, and the oil services sector.