Events
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Investing in Future of Ukraine in Europe: EMI
Join us to discuss Investing in the Future of Ukraine in Europe, on Tuesday, 20th September 2022 from 15:00 to 16:00 CET. The European Movement International and the European Investment Bank, in the context of the ‘Investing in the Future of Europe’ series of discussions jointly organised since 2017, are bringing together an online high-level panel to debate the reforms and investments needed to… Read More »
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Good neighbours? The UK and EU post-Brexit
A full-day conference is being held by 'Negotiating the Future: the UK’s re-positioning in Europe' with a fantastic line up of speakers. Negotiating the Future: the UK’s re-positioning in Europe is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and part of ‘The UK in a Changing Europe’ programme. The conference will ask: How has… Read More »
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Future of the UK
A reminder that the Centre on Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh, in association with the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation, is hosting a lecture by Sir Malcolm Rifkind tomorrow. The devolution debate This lecture will explore the history and future of devolution in the United Kingdom and look at the constitutional position of… Read More »
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Ukraine’s top economic adviser in conversation
The economic adviser to the President of Ukraine, Oleg Ustenko, joins us in London for an in-conversation with Anand Menon as part of our Unlocked series. In partnership with ASPEN Institute UK and Global Witness, this event is a chance to hear from the first member of the Ukrainian Government to leave Ukraine since the… Read More »
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Trussonomics, tax-cuts and turmoil
The last few days have seen a radical reshaping of the Government’s economic policy and a radical reaction from financial markets. Out have gone both Treasury orthodoxy and the legacy of the Johnson premiership, and in are lower taxes, higher borrowing – and even higher borrowing costs as spooked markets respond. Will this new strategy… Read More »
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Democracy and human rights in Belarus
Quaker Meeting House 7 Victoria Street, EdinburghSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, awarded the EU's Sakharov Prize in 2020 for freedom of thought, is widely recognised as the real winner of that year's presidential election in Belarus – a country infamous as Europe’s last dictatorship. The election laid bare Belarusian democracy as a sham. In this joint event with Edinburgh University’s Political Union we will… Read More »
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The SNP and Europe: Angus Robertson
The departure of Boris Johnson, the architect of Brexit, and his replacement as Prime Minister by Liz Truss, a Remainer turned Brexiteer, could enable a reset in the UK's troubled relations with the EU. But this is unlikely - with substantial knock-on effects for Scotland where pro-Remain/-Rejoin support is around 70% or higher than in… Read More »
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Neil Kinnock: Wales, Europe and the Future
Norwegian Church, Cardioff BayAt Wales For Europe, we want to ensure that Brexit does not mean that Wales is closed off from our European neighbours, showing that we have much more in common in a world in which old attitudes towards state isolation are rendered obsolete. Increasing globalisation is an inevitability of the future, with multiculturalism and pluralism… Read More »
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Fife and Dundee 4Europe and Mark Ruskell MSP
Our regional Green Party MSP, Mark Ruskell, will be joining us for our October meeting on Monday 10th October. We will start at 6:15pm, on Zoom and he will join us at 6:30. I would like to start the meeting by discussing how to move back to our face to face meetings from November and… Read More »
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Scotland’s constitutional future
Scotland’s place in the union hangs in the balance. The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Nicola Sturgeon can hold her proposed 2023 independence referendum. If the verdict goes against the SNP, then Sturgeon’s Plan B is to place independence at the heart of the next general election campaign. The UK government is determined to prevent… Read More »
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East Lothian & Borders European Movement
We already have a very active group in the Edinburgh area. However, we also have members and supporters in the East Lothian and Borders area, and a number have expressed an interest in setting up a local group (or groups) in that area also. If you are interested in getting involved in a local group… Read More »
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Rejoin the EU: Glasgow Loves EU stall
This will coincide with the National Rejoin March in London and take place on the steps of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, on Buchanan Street, close to the Donald Dewar statue. The aim is to let people know about the march going on in London, ask them about their current views on Scotland rejoining the… Read More »