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To MPs: Step Up and Do The Right Thing
April 22, 2021
Erasmus+ is special – we must not let go
April 20, 2021
By Anna Grainger, a primary school teacher and European Movement supporter in Warwickshire.
100 Days of Brexit
April 09, 2021
By Jane Thomas
Jane Thomas, European Movement UK activist and board member, explores the impact of Brexit in the first 100 days.
European Movement Conference 2021: A View from Wales
April 09, 2021
Helen Wales, Chair of Wales for Europe, hosted a fringe discussion at the European Movement's Virtual Conference 2021 entitled, The Future of two Unions: a view from Wales.
Wales reports on the panel, what we learned, and what we can take from it going forward.
Building bridges: Ireland and the future EU-UK relationship
April 08, 2021
Keynote speaker at the recent European Movement UK Conference, Noelle O'Connell, CEO of European Movement Ireland and Vice-President of European Movement International, writes about the need to build bridges and maintain the closest relationships and cooperation between Ireland, the UK and EU.
‘Urgent need for us to rebuild bridges with our European neighbours’; European Movement conference sets out how
March 28, 2021
At Saturday’s European Movement conference, politicians and industry leaders highlighted serious issues with the government’s Brexit deal and put forward workable solutions to the problems for trade across the UK border.
For music and the arts, when the pandemic is over, the real problems of touring the EU post-Brexit will begin
March 27, 2021
Award-winning composer Howard Goodall, actor and musician Jess Murphy and theatre director and writer Jonathan Holloway called on the government to urgently address the problems Brexit has caused for the creative arts, speaking at the European Movement conference today.
Lord Heseltine and Deborah Meaden to lead line-up at “Building Bridges, Not Barriers” conference
March 26, 2021
Lord Heseltine, Deborah Meaden and Caroline Lucas MP will be among the speakers at the European Movement’s virtual conference this Saturday, attended by nearly three thousand pro-European activists and supporters.
From fishing fleets to breweries, companies in the north-east face ruin under the Brexit deal
March 24, 2021
European Movement UK Vice-President Joyce Quin writes about the problems facing companies in north-east England that export to the EU and are facing ruin under the Brexit deal...
Brexit divide bridged as Remainers and Leavers unite against government crackdown on protests
March 15, 2021
After four years of disagreement over Brexit and a second referendum, campaigners have buried the hatchet to unite against the government’s plans to limit political protests. All signatories of the letter were able to conduct large scale demonstrations in London and across the UK peacefully and safely under existing legislation. However, under the new proposals, which change the boundaries defining the ‘controlled area’ of Parliament Square, neither side would have been able to hold the high-profile demonstrations and events in Parliament Square that shaped the Brexit debate.