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As UK-EU relations become more structured, the Commons needs a European Scrutiny Committee

At the beginning of this Parliament, against some stern opposition, the Government declined to establish a dedicated committee on European relations. As the Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by former shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, has now highlighted, that decision must be revisited. For some...

March 05, 2026
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March 05, 2026

As UK-EU relations become more structured, the Commons needs a European Scrutiny Committee

At the beginning of this Parliament, against some stern opposition, the Government declined to establish a dedicated committee on European relations. As the Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by former shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, has now highlighted, that decision must be revisited. For some...
Opinion

December 04, 2025

Ken Clarke: Rejoining the Customs Union and Single Market would bring enormous advantages

Former Chancellor and Home Secretary Lord Clarke reflects on the urgent need for the UK to rebuild its economic relationship with the EU.
Defence and Security

December 03, 2025

Are we safe without SAFE?

Joe Meighan shares why the UK must now double down on rebuilding cooperation with Europe.
Opinion

November 21, 2025

Six months on from the UK-EU Summit – where are we now?

Joe Meighan assesses progress made since May and asks, when will the substance catch up with the rhetoric?
Opinion

November 14, 2025

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...
Opinion

August 28, 2025

EM welcomes Labour’s push on Europe – and asks: what’s Nigel leaving this week?

By Joe Meighan - “And for his next trick…”  After the disaster that was Brexit, Nigel Farage’s latest big idea is… to leave something else. This time, it’s the European Convention on Human Rights, supposedly to tackle immigration. Where have...
Opinion

August 27, 2025

When Stormont failed us, the ECHR protected us

By Pierce Robinson - Growing up in Enniskillen, a town scarred by the 1987 IRA bombing that killed 11 people, I was reminded daily of how fragile peace can be. After decades of violence, mistrust, and grief, it took years...
Opinion

July 11, 2025

Macron's State Visit to UK - Is This Progress?

This week saw the first state visit by a European head of state to the UK since Brexit. That sentence in itself speaks volumes, both about how damaging the vote to leave the EU was to the UK's relationship with...
Opinion

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...
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.