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What the single market actually is – and what will happen if we leave it
August 07, 2017
The debate about continued British membership of the single European market is often confused, because the shorthand term ‘membership’, just like the term ‘access to’, can mean different things.
Collaboration Helps Consolidate European Movement UK
August 02, 2017
The European Movement UK (EMUK) is consolidating its presence through formal collaboration with like-minded organisations. We now have an official partnership with Scientists for EU, Healthier IN the EU, and an affiliation agreement with Britain for Europe.
Theresa May's annual RevEUw
July 22, 2017
After one calamitous year, one snap general election and a one billion pound windfall for Northern Ireland in order that the DUP would prop up her minority government, the only certainty that the first anniversary of Theresa May‘s premiership has given us is not that Brexit might be a disaster but that it will be.
No Good Choices for the British Government in the Brexit Negotiations
July 22, 2017
David Davis has been criticized in some quarters for spending only two hours in Brussels this week negotiating with Michel Barnier before returning hurriedly to London. This criticism is misplaced.
Action Day Against May's Brexit Mistake
July 13, 2017
We were out in force on Saturday (8 July) for our nationwide Action Day, campaigning for a future side by side with our European partners and inside the EU.
Brexit and Citizens’ rights: The devil is in the detail
July 05, 2017
What happens to EU citizens’ rights – of EU citizens here and Brits in other EU countries – after Brexit? This is the first key issue of the Article 50 “divorce” negotiations. It is a cause of great anxiety for the millions of citizens affected.
A chaotic Brexit is still a possibility
July 05, 2017
The terms of the political debate about Brexit in the aftermath of the General Election are gradually becoming clearer. Since the project of Brexit is an essentially irrational one, its discussion will always tend towards paradox and conundrum.
After a year, we are still no clearer
July 03, 2017
Negotiations formally start today. The EU envisages around 22 four-week cycles to the negotiations in which each cycle addresses specific issues, with a week of preparation, a week of exchange of papers and explanation, a week of negotiation to find a deal and a week of reporting back to secure agreement with what the negotiators have agreed as potential compromises.
It's time to start talking about staying in -- James MacCleary, EM Campaign Director
June 28, 2017
Just a few weeks ago people were telling us that the European Movement's belief that staying in the EU is the best possible deal for the UK was unrealistic. Now the unchallenged view that leaving is the only option has been undermined and it is time to start talking about giving people a chance to think again about our future relationship with the European Union.
“New Parliament must challenge Brexit” says Dorrell
June 27, 2017
At an event yesterday at Europe House in London, run by the London branch of the European Movement UK, London4Europe, Stephen Dorrell, chair of the European Movement and former cabinet minister, gave the keynote address – see below.
