FOR IMMEDIATE USE “Vote for what Scotland wants” says Scots European Movement general election social media campaign The European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) has launched its Scottish Parliament election campaign… Read More »
Social Media Graphics for The Scottish General Election
Please see here for a suite of social media cards that EMiS has created for use during the Scottish General Election campaign. If you are a social media user please… Read More »
Spring Newsletter
Given the scale of what we achieve at EMiS, I often think we forget that we are a voluntary organisation with only one member of staff. And yet what we achieve with our very small budget is often something more akin to what a very large organisation would attempt.… Read More »
Smaller States’ Strategies and Influencing in the EU: Lessons and Choices for Scotland?
POLICY NOTE The question of how much power and influence smaller and medium-sized EU member states have, compared to larger ones, is a recurring one in analysis of the Union… Read More »
Scotland’s European and International Policies Time: for a Strategic Approach
POLICY PAPER | Across the EU institutions and member states, Brexit is falling down the agenda, as other priorities come ever more to the fore. The EU27 are currently embroiled in political bargaining over who will get the top EU jobs in the next five year cycle… Read More »
Brexit, Scottish Independence and Leaving a Union: Lessons to Learn?
POLICY PAPER | The tangled, chaotic and damaging process of Brexit will drag on for many years to come, unless the UK changes its mind and stays in the EU. The many and deep downsides of Brexit have led some to argue that Scottish independence would lead… Read More »
Brexit: Heading to a Deal or No Deal While UK Politics Implodes?
POLICY PAPER | As EU-UK Brexit talks resumed in mid-July, the UK government’s Chequers’ statement and white paper[1] had, in theory, provided some basis for talks on the future relationship while causing political controversy at home, not least within the… Read More »
Brexit, Northern Ireland and Scotland: Comparing Political Dynamics and Prospects in the Two ‘Remain’ Areas
POLICY PAPER | The two ‘Remain’ areas of the UK – Northern Ireland and Scotland – are mostly analysed separately in Brexit debates. Northern Ireland faces a unique complex of problems given the challenge of managing the Irish border as an external… Read More »