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To win the race for rare earths, the UK needs to be in Europe’s team

By Mark English, Policy and Media Advisor to European Movement UK (personal views) To make smartphones, electric cars, military hardware and much else, you need minerals known as ‘rare earths’. You need to mine them, refine them and put them...

November 14, 2025
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August 14, 2025

Trump-Putin Summit: Ukraine needs to be in the room

With Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin preparing to meet in Alaska tomorrow, Europe faces a troubling scenario: the possibility that decisions about Ukraine are made without Ukraine.   Any summit that excludes Kyiv, or treats its presence as symbolic, risks legitimising...
Defence and Security

April 24, 2025

A breakthrough UK-EU Security and Defence Partnership may be in sight

Notwithstanding a row over fishing rights, it is becoming increasingly likely that the UK and EU will agree a new Security and Defence Partnership when leaders meet in London for the 19 May Summit.
Defence and Security

April 23, 2025

Trump Drives Us Back To Europe

This article was first published in Liberator (Issue 428) in April 2025. America’s pivot away from Europe got noisier under Trump, but is a long term policy change. Time for a European Defence Union, says Sir Nick Harvey, CEO of...
Defence and Security

March 26, 2025

How the EU’s ‘strategic autonomy’ could leave Brexit Britain even further out in the cold

Brexit has shrunk the UK economy – estimates vary from 3% to 5% - and slashed our trade. But worse may be to come, as the EU accelerates steps towards ‘strategic autonomy’, or self-reliance. Economic isolation from the rest of...
Defence and Security

March 21, 2025

The Future of UK-EU Foreign, Security, and Defence Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities

The UK-EU relationship is at a pivotal moment. The Government has committed to a reset, with a particular focus on an ambitious new security partnership. With growing geopolitical threats - most notably Russia’s war on Ukraine - and increasing concerns...
Defence and Security

February 24, 2025

Third Anniversary of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine - European Movement UK's Statement

Three years ago today, Russia began its illegal invasion of Ukraine.   What we have all seen over the last 3 years is that, in the face of Putin’s lethal campaign to annex parts of Ukraine, Europe is stronger when European...
Defence and Security

February 18, 2025

Defending Ukraine After A Peace Deal

Sir Nick Harvey, former UK Armed Forces Minister and Chief Executive of European Movement UK, offers his view on the latest developments around the war in Ukraine. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is right to propose sending British troops to join...
Defence and Security

February 03, 2025

"Will we help shape Europe’s security, or watch from the sidelines?" asks CEO Nick Harvey

Sir Nick Harvey, formed Minister for Armed Forces (2010-2012), is CEO of European Movement UK. The return of Donald Trump to the White House has been a wake-up call for European capitals. His ambivalence towards NATO, transactional alliances, and ‘America...
Defence and Security

August 28, 2024

Sir Nick Harvey on future defence cooperation between the UK and EU

CEO of European Movement UK, Sir Nick Harvey, talking defence cooperation on GB News. Watch here. [Image: Shutterstock]