2024 Election Statement

The result of the 2024 general election has profoundly changed the UK’s political landscape. For supporters of European integration in all four nations it must be a relief to see the Conservative party – the key instrument in Brexit – so roundly defeated.

Labour has won an enormous victory. We congratulate the party and wish it well in government. It is in all our interests that Labour succeeds. The party inherits historically weak public finances, a limping economy, hollowed out public services and dangerously threatening geopolitical clouds. At home, Labour faces a Commons with Nigel Farage constantly sniping on every front, sowing division and discontent at every opportunity. A successful Labour government is in the interests of our cause.

At EMiS (European Movement in Scotland) we have been working on a post-general election campaign plan. We will share that with members shortly.

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Blog

  • UK a Small Economy Bystander as Geopolitical Instability Grows
    The European Movement in Scotland is committed to promoting the essential European value of free speech. Consequently, we regularly publish articles by leading academics, journalists and others discussing issues germane to Scotland’s place in Europe. Such articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Movement in Scotland.  This… Read More »
  • The EU in the World: Rising to Today’s Challenges or Losing Influence?
    The European Movement in Scotland is committed to promoting the essential European value of free speech. Consequently, we regularly publish articles by leading academics, journalists and others discussing issues germane to Scotland’s place in Europe. Such articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Movement in Scotland.  This… Read More »
  • Council of the Nations and Regions: seven questions Scotland’s First Minister must put
    The European Movement in Scotland is committed to promoting the essential European value of free speech. Consequently, we regularly publish articles by leading academics, journalists and others discussing issues germane to Scotland’s place in Europe. Such articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Movement in Scotland.  This… Read More »
  • The Labour Government, Scotland and the EU
    The European Movement in Scotland is committed to promoting the essential European value of free speech. Consequently, we regularly publish articles by leading academics, journalists and others discussing issues germane to Scotland’s place in Europe. Such articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Movement in Scotland.  This… Read More »
  • Scotland and the EU: Lessons from the Last Decade
    Ten years after the 2014 referendum and Scotland is outside the EU alongside the rest of the UK. The threats in 2014 that an independent Scotland would find it difficult or impossible to rejoin the EU after independence, never valid, are now ironic indeed and have been so since the 2016 Brexit vote.… Read More »

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European Conversations

The Future of Wales

European Conversations
European Conversations
The Future of Wales
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The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales reported in January 2024. The Commission had both independent experts and party political nominees on it, produced a unanimous report, and… Read More »

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Webinars and Livestreams


Livestream: At the Heart of European Integration and Peace-Building



Livestream: At the Heart of European Integration and Peace-Building
Glasgow for Europe are  talking to Catherine Day, former Secretary General of the European Commission about European integration, enlargement, …


Fife4EU in conversation with Douglas Chapman MP



Fife4EU in conversation with Douglas Chapman MP
On their monthly meeting Fife4EU were joined by Douglas Chapman MP. They talked about the Rosyth Ferry, Erasmus, the Nordic Council and more. …

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