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Richmond Upon Thames Celebrates European Unity with Flags, Festivals, and Friendship

Words by European Movement member, Alan Mockford. A thousand European flags adorned the streets of Richmond Upon Thames from 10th May until 9th June this year to celebrate the borough’s European partnerships with Fontainebleau in France & Konstanz in Germany....

July 03, 2025
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May 15, 2025

UK-EU talks on the hook because of fishing - here's why

Today’s news brings us another splashy headline: reports that a fish deal—or lack thereof, could sink UK-EU summit talks. Yes, you read that right. Not nuclear policy. Not AI regulation. Fish. Once again, the humble haddock finds itself thrust to...
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May 09, 2025

European Movement UK's Response to the US-UK Free Trade Deal

No agreement with a country thousands of miles away can replace the benefits of being part of the world’s largest single market on our doorstep. The UK pursued a trade deal with the US alone because we are no longer...
Opinion

April 14, 2025

From Trump’s tariffs to resetting the reset

Brexiter gloating the other week about Donald Trump hitting the EU with heavier tariffs than those on the UK was both absurd and short-lived.
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April 03, 2025

Trump's Tariffs are no Brexit Benefit

From this Saturday, new taxes on goods being imported into America will kick in. The UK has been hit with a 10% tariff on all of its goods into the US, which Donald Trump says is a retaliation to UK...
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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...
Opinion

January 24, 2025

Yes, the UK should join PEM. Here's why.

CEO, Sir Nick Harvey, outlines what the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Convention is and why the UK would benefit from joining. At Davos, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič suggested that Brussels is open to the UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Convention to strengthen...
Economy

November 25, 2024

Let’s talk about the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill

It may sound like any other dry bit of legislation, the kind that makes its way through Parliament on a regular basis without many people really noticing. But despite its slightly unenticing name, the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill represents...
Opinion

October 28, 2024

Will the Budget Mention the B-word?

Ahead of the announcement of the budget on Wednesday, Senior Vice Chair of European Movement UK, Molly Scott Cato, asks if the elephant in the room, the UK's departure from the EU, will be mentioned in this huge political moment. Molly...
Economy

July 03, 2023

The EU has changed since UK left – what now for Brexit Britain?
Economy

June 23, 2023

I won’t stop until we have reversed Brexit