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Dear Colleagues, in the latest Board meeting in Halle, we have had occasion to discuss about the role of EEF for the science of ecology in Europe in relation to the changes that are occurring in European Union, starting with Brexit and including the feeling against the EU, growing in different countries. We thought that it was time for EEF to affirm that "...the European Ecological Federation represents the scientific ecological community of the whole Europe and that we will continue to put all our efforts into working with you and on your behalf in order to strengthen ecological science in your country and the whole of Europe, no matter what happens….". I thank Stefan Klotz for highlighting first this need. So the Board has draft a letter, that I am attaching to this mail, with a clear statement about our perspective on the EEF missions to support the continuous development of the science of ecology in the whole European continent and to work more energetically than ever before to reinforce the international collaboration among scientists in Europe, with a particular attention to early career ecologists. We thought that it would be great if we could give a symbolic signal by circulating the EEF statement to all members of the ecological societies by tomorrow, in correspondence with the official start of the the Brexit procedure. We will be grateful to you if you could give us a feedback of the actions that your national society will perform to circulate widely this message. Yours Sincerely, Alberto Basset
