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Scotland would rejoin the EU tomorrow if asked - but how?
2023-08-08 18:00 (Europe/London) | Online
How should Scotland rejoin the EU given 75% wish to do so? What’s the best way forward for pro-Europeans in Scotland – rejoin as part of the UK or as an independent EU member state? In this latest EMiS webinar Prof Stephen Gethins and Eddie Barnes will hold a conversation on this theme, chaired by David Gow FRSE.

How Westminster works…and why it doesn’t, with Ian Dunt
2023-08-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join us in conversation with political commentator and author, Ian Dunt, as he delves into the inner workings of British politics.
How Westminster works…and why it doesn’t is Dunt’s latest book, and it demonstrates and the real world consequences of our broken political system with a clarity and urgency that makes the case for reform undeniable.
Prepare to be shocked by stories of poor decision making and policy implementation which has gone on to wreak havoc in the lives of ordinary people.
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in a stimulating discussion about the broken power structures that shape our society – and how we can fix them.

Livestream with Liz Webster of Save British Farming
2023-09-04 19:30 | Online
Join us for a livestream with Liz Webster of Save British Farming.
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On Mastodon: @GlasgowLovesEU@mastodon.scot
And on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLLZU04UmpaAOauqwYKTIcg

UK Politics Post-Brexit: Foreign and Defence Policy, the General Election and Scottish Independence from a European Perspective
2023-09-11 19:30 - 21:00
Livestream with Prof Richard Whitman, Professor of Politics at the University of Kent,
Senior Fellow at UK in a Changing Europe, and Associate Fellow at Chatham House

So much to discuss!

What Went Wrong With Brexit (and What We Can Do About It?)
2023-09-13 18:00 - 19:15 | Online
Registration is now open for Grassroots for Europe’s next public webinar, talking with Peter Foster about his new book, What Went Wrong With Brexit (and What We Can Do About It?) Peter is public policy editor of the Financial Times and has led its incisive and acclaimed coverage of Brexit. He’ll discuss his book and its message with Alex Hall Hall, the diplomat and ambassador who resigned in protest at post-Brexit UK government dishonesty, and is now an influential columnist with Byline Times.
Registration is free. Donations are welcome to fund future live events.

What has the EU ever done for us?
2023-09-14 13:00 - 15:00 | The Helix, on the Dublin City University Campus, Dublin, Ireland
Opportunity to share views on the European project, including the 50th anniversary of Ireland’s EU membership, Brexit and EU enlargement. Participants will be able to discuss these topics with inspiring Young European Leaders across many sectors.

National Rejoin March II
2023-09-23 12:00 - 18:00 | Central London, United Kingdom
More information available soon

Reception with Rory Stewart
2023-09-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Rory Stewart is a former International Development Secretary, Conservative MP and diplomat. He is a best-selling author and co-presenter of ‘The Rest is Politics’ podcast.
This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with one of the leading figures in politics, network and learn more about the Conservative European Forum.
Ticket price includes admission and welcome drink followed by a cash bar. Full details of the Westminster venue will be sent to all ticket holders on 24th September 2023

Law and Politics of Brexit Series : The Trade and Cooperation Agreement
2023-09-28 13:00 - 2023-09-29 11:30 | Online
On Day 1, 28 September, Panel 1 will look at the context and challenges, including the world economy, European security and the Windsor Framework. Panel 2 considers the Free Trade Agreement.
On Day 2, 29 September, Panel 3 will discuss other economic cooperation provisions. Panel 4 considers the process and the prospects including options for deepening EU-UK cooperation in a renewed Europe.

Brexit and Agriculture - where food security meets national security
2023-10-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Labour Environment Hub, Liverpool, L3 4FP, United Kingdom
The Tories’ inadequate Brexit agreement, harmful trade deals with New Zealand and Australia and wider Tory policy have put Britain’s agriculture and food sectors under severe strain. This event will look at how the next Labour Government can support the sector and enhance UK food security in an era of climate change and geopolitical instability.
Speakers:
Liz Webster, Save British Farming
Tim Ashton, Save British Farming
Sean Rickard, former NFU chief economist
Daniel Zeichner MP (invited)

Brexit Britain - what are the consequences of Britain leaving the EU? with Professor Paul Whiteley (Essex University)
2023-10-08 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
Paul Whiteley will talk about the causes of the Brexit vote in 2016, and then examine trends in opinion since then, with an eye to determining if they point to Britain engaging more with the EU if not eventually re-joining.

Labour Conference 2023: Labour and Europe reception
2023-10-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Cains Brewery, Stanhope St, Liverpool, L8 5XJ, United Kingdom
Join friends at Labour Conference 2023’s Labour and Europe reception
Speakers:
Richard Corbett, former MEP
Martin Whitfield MSP
Marsha de Cordova MP
Councillor Tudor Evans
Nick Harvey, European Movement
Clare Moody, Former Labour MEP
Theresa Griffin, Former Labour MEP
Mike Galsworthy, European Movement
Alex Sobel MP (invited)

Shattered Nation: inequality and geography of a failing state
2023-10-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
AN IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT:
Britain was once the leading economy in Europe; it is now the most unequal. Fifty years ago the UK led the world in child health; today, twenty-two of the twenty-seven EU countries have better mortality rates for newborns. No other European country has such miserly unemployment benefits; university fees so high; housing so unaffordable; or a government economically so far to the right.
To mark the launch of his new book Shattered Nation, geographer Danny Dorling will explain why we are growing further and further apart, exposing a new geography of inequality.

Europe Calling “Eine neue Verfassung für Europa” - " A new Constitution for Europe"
2023-10-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
The European Union could soon be writing a new constitution: on Wednesday, 25.10.2023, the Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) of the European Parliament will vote on whether the EU Parliament should start the process for amendments to the EU Treaties and whether a Constitutional Convention should be convened for this purpose.
The initiative to amend the treaties is supported by all five pro-democracy groups in the Parliament.
The ambitious changes suggested include: national vetoes to give way to majority decisions, the European Parliament to become a more powerful legislator with equal rights and the EU Commission to become a real government – subordinate to the Parliament. That is, fundamental changes to the EU – as was demanded by the citizens at the EU Future Conference.
The five MEPs who have been dealing with these questions will lead the discussion together with representatives from science, civil society and politics.
In German and English.

Leave to Remain: A Snapshot of Brexit
2023-10-19 18:00 - 19:30 | LSE Library: The British Library of Political and Economic Science 10 Portugal Street London WC2A 2HD
Dr. Noni Stacey will discuss her latest book Leave to Remain: A Snapshot of Brexit and there is an opportunity to see LSE Library’s Brexit archives, some of which were used for the preparation of the book. Art and photography have played a key role in capturing and reflecting on the conditions for the Brexit referendum and in this impassioned and compelling book Dr Stacey explores the role of the photograph and sometimes moving image in the ongoing consequences of what she views as a political cataclysm.
Dr Noni Stacey is a writer and researcher. She is currently a Practice Supervisor for writing at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK), and Visiting Research Fellow at TU Dublin.

Brexit: a failed project in a failing state?
2023-10-25 18:00 - 19:30 | London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE
Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, introduces his provocative new report, Brexit: a failed project in a failing state. He argues the sorry story is a symptom of a broken society, one wrapped up in nostalgia for an imagined past and unable to address the numerous genuine problems of the 21st century. Surveying key data indicators, he reports Brexit has failed to address any of the substantive challenges of the day, it was not a ‘year zero’ for the many problems facing the United Kingdom and, in fact, reflected decades of public policy failure.
He is joined by Zoe Williams, Guardian columnist and the discussion is chaired by Luke Cooper (@lukecooper100), an Associate Professorial Research Fellow in International Relations at LSE IDEAS, LSE’s in-house foreign policy think tank and director of PeaceRep’s Ukraine programme.

Rejoining the EU - Why, When and How?
2023-10-26 18:45 | Online
In this Fourth Thursday webinar from London4Europe, Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust and a former Conservative MEP, will make the case for rejoining the EU. He will compare and contrast the ways in which this might be achieved, and reflect on what changes might be needed in the UK and the EU to make it possible. Donnelly attributes the recent tentative improvement in relations between the EU and the British Government to the growing realisation by the British government that Brexit has failed to produce economic or political advantages for the country.
For further details and to register for this webinar, click Zoom link below.

Our Star Rally, Cardiff
2023-10-30 14:00 | The Senedd, Pierhead Street, Cardiff, Wales, CF99 1SN
Wales for Europe will be hosting the Our Star Rally event in Cardiff, featuring the large Star of European Unity and Peace designed by Jaques Tilly. Confirmed guest speakers include Julie Morgan MS – Welsh Minister for Social Services. Anthony Slaughter – leader of Wales Green Party. Cllr Sam Bennett – Welsh Deputy President of the Lib Dems, and more.
The Star itself will be displayed with informational panels and presented at the Our Star Rally with leaflets. (To learn more about the collaborative Our Star campaign, visit www.OurStar.org.uk.)
Register to attend the rally via the Eventbrite link below.

What went wrong with Brexit: and What can we do about it?, discussion with P M D Foster (Financial Times)
2023-10-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
Join us to discuss @pmdfoster’s new book, “What went wrong with Brexit: and What can we do about it?” No registration – just tune in.

UKICE Lunch Hour: Democracy In The EU
2023-11-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Faced with a series of crises in recent years, the European Union has been under pressure to take far-reaching decisions such as joint borrowing to finance the post-Covid recovery plan, and the joint purchase of weapons for Ukraine.
Join our panellists as they explore the extent to which the EU may need reforms to accompany its new powers and responsibilities, to ensure its democratic legitimacy.
Sign up for the event via the event link below.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED Freedom of Movement: the Key to Rejoin - A toolkit for pro-EU campaigners THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED
2023-11-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED
Freedom of movement of people (along with free movement of goods, services, and capital), is a fundamental principle of the EU Single Market. There can be no return to the Single Market or the EU without FoM.
Opposition to FoM is based on a mistaken belief that FoM means uncontrolled immigration. The public is not well informed on this issue, a factor which greatly assisted the leave campaign. People are now becoming more aware that ending FoM affects their own and their families’ choices, as well as undermining the UK economy, impacting the workforce in key industries, impeding business travel and decimating the arts. FoM is strongly supported by the public in all EU member states.
The aim of this webinar is to equip pro-EU activists for a campaign to restore FoM, and so open the door to Single Market and EU membership.
The webinar will provide the basis for a crib sheet for FoM campaigners.
Chair: Richard Kilpatrick (Campaign Manager, European Movement)
Michaela Benson (Professor in Public Sociology, Lancaster University): Debunking FoM myths
Richard Bentall (Professor of Clinical Psychology, Sheffield University) : A positive narrative on FoM
Mark English (Policy and Media Advisor, European Movement) : Strategy and tactics for a campaign to restore FoM
Mike Galsworthy (Chair, European Movement) : On the timing of a campaign to restore FoM

The Future of UK and EU Migration Law after Brexit
2023-11-09 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom, United Kingdom
Against a backdrop of migration reform in the EU, the UK government’s Supreme Court appeal regarding its UK-Rwanda relocation agreement, and a trend towards offshoring asylum claims, this event will be an excellent opportunity to take stock of the latest developments in these areas.
Keynote speaker: Sir Simon Hughes, Former UK Minister of Justice
Chair: David Davin-Power, former RTÉ Political Correspondent
Speakers:
Matilde Ventrella, Senior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool John Moores University
Hilkka Becker, Chairperson of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal
Janine Silga, Assistant Professor in European Union Law, DCU

Assessing 'Bregret'
2023-11-14 13:00 - 14:00
Seven years on from the EU referendum, join our panel of journalists and pollsters from UK in a Changing Europe and Public First as they analyse our new polling on ‘Bregret’. They will consider what Leave voters make of Brexit, why some Brexiteers have changed their mind, and what can be done to save the project for those who are unhappy.
Chair: Anand Menon (UKICE)
Speakers:
Sophie Stowers (UKICE)
Rachel Wolf (Public First)
Lara Spirit (The Times)

Brexit: The research evidence conference
2023-11-21 09:30 - 17:15 | The Science Gallery Great Maze Pond London SE1 9GU
‘Governance after Brexit’ is major research programme conducted over the past five years into fundamental issues thrown up by the UK’s changing relationship with the European Union. This conference brings together leading academics supported by the programme to discuss their research findings. It will range across the impact of Brexit on migrants and migration, its ramifications in Northern Ireland and its consequences for identities, social attitudes and public opinion. With Prof Anand Menon, Prof Catherine Barnard, Jill Rutter, Prof Sarah Hall and Prof Sir John Curtice among other leading academics, commentators and policymakers.

The Ayes Have It - Brexit is a Disaster and Must be Reversed
2023-11-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Leicester Square Theatre, Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7BX
Theatre meets politics in this unique blend of parliamentary debate and live performance with Andrew Marr, Gina Miller, David Davis, John Bercow et al

Brexit and Business
2023-11-22 18:30 - 19:30
Findings from the report and making the case for a return to the Single Market.
Brexit is a disaster for businesses. That’s the standout finding from our report, Brexit and Businesses: In Their Own Words. Based on testimonies and feedback from businesses up and down the country, the report highlights multiple challenges, from new Brexit red tape, a lack of workers, and huge hikes in overheads. The struggles of businesses need to be heard, and the evidence we’ve collected shows the urgent need for our politicians to improve our trade relationship with Europe.
Join us for this panel event to hear more about the report’s findings, and about what’s happening next in our campaign to improve prospects for UK business by regaining access to the EU Single Market.

Brexit and Businesses: In Their Own Words
2023-11-22 18:30 - 19:30
Based on testimonies and feedback from businesses up and down the country, the European Movement’s report highlights multiple challenges, from new Brexit red tape, a lack of workers, and huge hikes in overheads.
Chaired by the author of the report, Maura McKeon (Local Campaigns Manager), we will hear from Barbara Callender, Baroness Joyce Quin and a panel of small business owners, about their views on the report, the impact of Brexit on business today and what we, as a movement, can do next.

How Do We Move On From Brexit?
2023-11-23 20:00 - 21:15 | Online
It has been three years since the United Kingdom left the European Union – and over seven since it voted to do so. The UK/EU relationship remains a subject of bitter debate, with ‘leave’ and ‘remain’ identities persisting to this day. The 2024 general election will be the first post-Brexit election – but no major political party is fully acknowledging the negative impact of our exit from the EU. Will a new government mend relations with the EU or simply continue with the current chaos?
The Guardian’s special correspondent Heather Stewart will be joined by Guardian columnists Rafael Behr and Polly Toynbee, and Anand Menon, director of the UK In A Changing Europe and Professor of European Politics & Foreign Affairs at King’s College London, to dissect the real legacy of Brexit. What needs to happen for the UK to finally move on? They will also be answering your questions in this livestreamed event.

Expansion of the EU: Opportunity or threat?
2023-11-29 19:00 - 20:15 | Online
A formal decision to open EU membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova is due in December with other countries set to follow, potentially taking the bloc from an already unwieldy club of 27 to more than 35.
Our panel, including political scientists Ivan Krastev and Nathalie Tocci, German MEP Viola von Cramon and chaired by the Guardian’s Europe correspondent Jon Henley, will explore how much the EU will need to transform internally if it is to function as a group of 35. How could the union use this opportunity to become strategically independent in a menacing new world order? And what might be the consequences if it fails?

uropean Movement West London Brexitometer
2023-12-09 10:00 - 16:00 | North End Road Market, North End Road, London, SW6 1NW
No one born this century had the opportunity to vote on Brexit! Any younger EM members* in London should head to North End Road Christmas Market (Fulham Broadway, District Line) on Saturday 9th December, to register your feelings on our Brexitometer.
(*and anyone else, obviously!)
More details about the Christmas Market in the link provided.
