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Days after capturing Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, and taking him to the US on drug trafficking charges, US President Donald Trump’s eyes now seem set on acquiring Greenland, “a semi-autonomous region of fellow Nato member Denmark” as a “national security...

January 07, 2026
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September 10, 2025

TUC conference endorses rejoining Erasmus+

The 157th annual TUC Congress in Brighton has passed a motion highlighting the importance of the UK’s relationship with the EU across the UK economy.  Proposals in the motion call on the TUC General Council to lobby the UK Government...
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July 22, 2025

Keir Starmer: UK Musicians and Artists 'Finding it Too Difficult to Work in EU'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said musicians and artists from the UK are still finding it too difficult to work in the EU. The clip is viewable here. Speaking on Monday to the Liaison Committee, the Prime Minister said that...
Arts

May 22, 2025

Watch: Miriam Margolyes on the Plight of Touring Musicians

Actor Miriam Margolyes has teamed up with European Movement UK to highlight the plight of musicians and touring artists trying to work in the EU post-Brexit. In a short animated film, she explains the effects leaving the European Union has...
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April 11, 2025

UK must join Creative Europe – cross-party committee backs European Movement manifesto pledge

European Movement UK has welcomed today’s report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which urges the Government to seek associate membership of Creative Europe – the EU’s flagship funding programme for the cultural and creative sectors. This is a...
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March 18, 2025

European Movement UK Launches "Brexit Music Cost Counter"

European Movement UK has launched a new online tool, The Brexit Music Cost Counter, to highlight the escalating financial impact of Brexit on UK musicians. The counter, available here, visually tracks the growing costs faced by musicians since the UK's...
Arts

January 16, 2025

“Change is going to come” to solve post-Brexit touring issues, says Nandy

This week, Rolling Stone magazine published an interview with Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy.  “That change is going to come,” said Nandy. “We need to make it a more seamless process and more similar to how it was back in the...
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December 05, 2024

European Movement launches UK Music Unwrapped

This week, over 120 million people will engage with their end-of-year music roundups. It is amongst the biggest social media sharing moments of the year.  So we wanted to seize this moment.  This is why, on Wednesday, we launched UK...
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October 21, 2024

New Government Responds to Face The Music Campaign

Promising Signals for UK Musicians and Artists Touring in EU The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has responded to our Face The Music campaign, signalling a potential shift in policy regarding post-Brexit touring issues for UK artists in...
Arts

March 27, 2021

For music and the arts, when the pandemic is over, the real problems of touring the EU post-Brexit will begin

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.