In the week that the US investment bank Goldman Sachs says Brexit is costing 5% of UK GDP, the full impact of the UK being a “third country” begins to… Read More »
Alyn Smith MP becomes HOnorary Vice President
“It’s down to organisations like EMiS to keep the flame burning for an open, democratic and inclusive Europe” says Alyn Smith. Stirling SNP MP Alyn Smith has accepted the European… Read More »
Protect democracy in Serbia, ensure free and fair elections
The mounting evidence that last December’s parliamentary elections in Serbia were not free and fair is consistent with the democratic decline experienced by a country that has been on the path… Read More »
EMiS President David Martin warns of Brexit ‘Silence’
Our president, David Martin, recently gave an interview to The National newspaper. We are delighted that The National has unlocked its paywall to allow EMiS members and supporters access to… Read More »
Is Euroscepticism Having a Comeback?
One of the main benefits of Brexit for the EU – apart from potentially that of getting rid of a big state perpetually demanding a special set of opt-outs – was to undermine those, mostly on the far-right end of the political spectrum, who were also calling for their country to leave the EU. … Read More »
Preparing Scotland for Rejoin
In the first of his monthly blog for European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) members and supporters, our new president, David Martin, lays out how he sees his role and the… Read More »
David Martin New President of EMiS
David Martin became President of EMiS in January 2024. He was the UK’s longest serving Member of the European Parliament, representing Scotland from 1984 to 2019. He was the youngest… Read More »
Will Labour have the vision to set the heather on fire?
European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) executive member, Martin Roche, asks if Labour will have the vision to take the UK back into the European Single Market and open Scotland to… Read More »