Face The Music Campaign – We need a new deal for musicians.

Our  latest campaign, Face The Music, is calling on the UK Government to Face The Music and work with the EU to negotiate a solution, in the form of a new bilateral agreement, to the post-Brexit barriers facing musicians.

This includes UK musicians who want to work and tour in the EU, and their European counterparts who need and want to perform in the UK. At the moment UK musicians have to have separate contracts for every country they visit in the EU. It is prohibitively expensive.

Watch the massive barriers now facing musicians like Andy Saunders in this webinar from Glasgow loves EU.

Sign up for our campaign today and pledge your support for the music industry:

Join us when we Busk Against Brexit on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile – all musicians welcome!

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Blog

  • Is serious rapprochement on the cards if Labour takes power?
    By David Martin I wondered while listening to what was probably the final budget of this Conservative Government just how many other people would notice the dog that didn’t bark. The Chancellor made much of the unfavourable economic situation the Government faced and the consequent tight fiscal framework within which… Read More »
  • Brexit is a Feminist Issue
    A letter by Joyce Quinn, Vice President European Movement UK, to mark International Women’s Day. I’m a former woman MEP and Europe Minister, and today, on International Women’s Day, I’m here to make the case that Brexit is a feminist issue.    That’s because, when the UK left the European Union, key… Read More »
  • Brexit: Destroying the Conservative Party?
    In this latest Federal Trust video, Director Brendan Donnelly and Chair John Stevens discuss the effects of Brexit on the internal cohesion of the Conservative Party. They argue that, while the referendum of 2016 was intended to heal Conservative divisions, Brexit has exacerbated divisions within the Party, probably irreparably.
  • Trade and investment policy:Options for UK policy in 2024
    Trade policy has become more politicised, facing challenges over the extent to which it can be used to promote values or proactively influence trade partners’ policies and practices.  This paper published by the European & International Analysts Group on 26 February 2024 considers how far the UK can influence the… Read More »
  • The Case for an Ambitious UK/EU Security Cooperation Pact
    In this article published on the website of the European & International Analysts Group on 1 February 2024, Sir Julian King argues that is time for the UK to propose a new framework for cooperation on security with our EU neighbours, covering a wide range of shared security and defence… Read More »

Upcoming Events

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Podcasts and Videos

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 »

More episodes here.

Webinars and Livestreams

‘Our Star’ was created to promote European values, with an emphasis on peace and unity. In autumn 2023 the Star left its home at the European …

‘Our Star’ was created to promote European values, with an emphasis on peace and unity. In autumn 2023 the Star left its home at the European …

More livestreams and webinars here.

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