“Given Starmer’s Brexit-respecting red lines, the soft power of Scotland in Brussels, is, sadly, likely to be ignored not engaged with by a Labour government.”… Read More »
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We want our star back
As part of the national ‘Our Star’ tour, the European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) is hosting events around the country to celebrate European unity and to raise awareness of the… Read More »
Scotland will vote to rejoin EU: but how?
Almost half of UK voters want a second EU referendum within ten years; Scots would now vote in it 75% or so for Rejoin. But how do we make that… Read More »
Eurowalks: mapping Scotland’s European identity
We launched a new campaign to celebrate and reaffirm Scotland’s European identity in May. Eurowalks take in visits to/stops at links ancient and modern between Scotland and mainland Europe..… Read More »
Scotland’s European Movement calls for abolition of UK Internal Market Act
The Scottish Government must lobby the UK government to scrap the controversial UK Internal Market Act, says the European Movement in Scotland (EMiS). The move comes as EMiS lodges its response to a Holyrood committee examining how effectively the Scottish Government is at aligning new Scottish laws with EU regulations.… Read More »
Our Response to the Holyrood Committee on Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture (CEEAC)
The strategic economic importance of the Scottish Government using its powers to the maximum and its authoritative position as a voice for Scotland in promoting the benefits and opportunities of ever-closer alignment with the EU cannot be over-stated.… Read More »
Why Donald Trump’s return to White House means UK must rejoin European Union
Nigel Farage’s friend Donald Trump has little time for the sovereignty of countries other than his own. The president-elect says he wants Greenland and Panama controlled by the USA. He’s refused to rule out military action to obtain his ends.… Read More »
We’re allowing the Far Right to set the pace
In Europe as in the US and elsewhere in the world the authoritarian, anti-democratic Right is on the march again. It should be fought and stopped.… Read More »
What does a Trump presidency mean for Europe?
Expert on US and EU affairs Lord Kerr of Kinlochard in online conversation with Alyn Smith President-elect Donald Trump will become the 47th leader of the United States on 20th… Read More »
A new way to govern Scotland: co-opposition
Labour and Plaid Cymru ran Wales pretty successfully for three years (2021-24) without a formal coalition. Could Swinney and Sarwar take a leaf out of the same boat?… Read More »
UK a Small Economy Bystander as Geopolitical Instability Grows
What would you do if you were Keir Starmer now? Would you rejoin the EU, meet China’s President Xi Jinping, stop supplying arms to Israel, encourage the Chancellor to free up regulations on bankers’ bonuses, adopt a ‘pragmatic’ approach to Trump’s election victory or tell the UK public they don’t have to change their behaviour in the face of out of control climate change?… Read More »
The EU in the World: Rising to Today’s Challenges or Losing Influence?
As Europeans look nervously towards the outcome of the US presidential election, there is no shortage of articles exploring how a Trump or a Harris presidency will impact on the European Union (for a good overview see this FT piece by Tony Barber). And, unsurprisingly, with the exception of some of the EU’s far right politicians such as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, there is widespread concern at the deep impact a Trump presidency would have.
The outgoing president of the European Council, Charles Michel, has said a Trump victory would be a wake-up call for Europe “to act more to take our destiny in our own hands.”… Read More »
