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Labour and Radical Federalism
2021-09-07 18:00 - 19:15 (Europe/London) | Online
Join UK in a Changing Europe for this event in partnership with LabourList, where a panel of speakers will discuss the Labour Party and radical federalism, what radical federalism is and what it would look like.
The panel will explore Labour’s approach to devolution, whether radical constitutional reform should at the heart of its offer at the next general election, and how the party could use the levers of UK government to decentralise power.
(Register via link below. You’ll receive an email with the webinar link and details of how to login – if you don’t see it in your in-box, please check your junk mail.)

Driver shortages and the effects on the supply chain
2021-09-02 11:30 - 13:00
The UK’s supply lines are under severe strain. Supermarkets have stock and supply chain challenges. Staff shortages are being reported in haulage and food production and while these issues are being reported in other countries, the UK seems to be worst affected.
Speakers: Andrew Opie, Director of Food and Sustainability, British Retail Consortium; Richard Harrow, Chief Executive, British Frozen Food Federation; Representative from Logistics UK

World Wide Wednesday Bank Holiday Special
2021-09-01 19:00 | Online
A WWW catch-up after the holidays and a look at what is happening with the supply chain. Phil Speakman of The MZ Shop, Daniel Lambert of Daniel Lambert Wines and Dr Michael Lambert (no relation!) will give updates on previous talks.

Lewisham across Europe discussion with a member in Trieste
2021-08-29 17:00
In this event series, Lewisham East for Europe will be hosting short presentations to give you a flavour of life in different European cities and districts. They start with the Italian city of Trieste, former ‘spy capital’ of Europe where east meets west, introduced by their member Max Calo.

Reading Festival: Mobilising our Youth
2021-08-28 - 2021-08-29
The plan is simple: set a stall outside the festival (to save costs) and get youngsters interested in Europe and Brexit’s damage. We need to seed the next generation to carry on the Battle for Europe.

Prof A. C. Grayling: Rejoining the EU - How & When?
2021-08-18 19:00
Join Professor A. C. Grayling to hear his views on the UK rejoining the EU: How and when will that happen, and what can we do to make it happen sooner rather than later. Some very practical suggestions included.

Home Office protest against UK refugee policy
2021-07-29 19:00 | Home Office, 2, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom
Rally to protest against the UK refugee policy.

Brexit - Should We Embrace It Or Fight To Return?
2021-07-29 19:00 | Online
Amid the unfolding chaos of post-Brexit Britain, we are delighted to announce a new Zoom event with Lord Adonis, Chair of European Movement UK, and Professor Simon Usherwood of the Open University.

Step-By-Step Towards Rejoin
2021-07-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
This virtual meeting with Lord Andrew Adonis will be an opportunity for European Movement members and supporters to learn more about the European Movement UK, its activities and its aspirations. It will also be an opportunity to raise any questions with the chair.

Bollocks To Boris, We Demand Better
2021-07-23 16:00 - 19:00 | St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2, United Kingdom
The right wing power grab gathers pace. With the UN warning human rights in the UK are under threat, serious corruption at the highest levels and the government attempting to become untouchable its up to the people to resist the onslaught on our hard won rights and freedoms.

Immediate Demands:
Scrap the Police Bill
Better deal for EU citizens in the UK
Respect peace in Northern Ireland
Respect rights of asylum seekers
COVID enquiry – NOW

The UK and The EU: How We Will Rejoin
2021-07-22 19:30 - 20:45 | Online
Rejoining the EU: How & When, and what we need to do to make it happen sooner rather than later. Some very practical suggestions included. With A. C. Grayling, author and philosopher.

An Evening with Will Hutton
2021-07-20 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
Cheltenham for Europe is delighted to host Will Hutton.
Will Hutton is a political economist, academic, author and journalist. He currently writes a regular column in the Observer and regularly contributes to the Guardian and the Financial Times. He is a fierce critic of Brexit and writes regularly about this predicted and unfolding disaster.
As one of the leading economics commentators in the country, Will is regularly called on to advise senior political and business figures and comment in the national and international media.

The UK in Europe – new perspectives
2021-07-15 19:00
The pain of Brexit is growing by the month. Yet our Government and the popular press continue as if it were a triumph. Current evidence is that public opinion in the UK is remarkably resistant to evidence. How is the UK seen by others? In this meeting we will be getting the perspectives of two political commentators who were born in other EU countries and live in England.
Speakers:
Alex Andreou, a man of many parts, best known to us for his writings, in the Guardian and New Statesman, among others. You may have come across him through Remainiacs and its more recent incarnation, Oh God what now!
Annette Dittert, foreign correspondent and passionate filmmaker for ARD, German TV.

WorldWideWednesday: Brexit, The Establishment Civil War, How Britain Ends.
2021-07-07 18:30 | Online
Join our Chair Mick Ord, as he leads the discussion this evening with two influential guests:
Gavin Esler, award-winning broadcaster, writer and journalist, will be talking about his most recent book, “How Britain Ends – English Nationalism and the Re-birth of Four Nations”, and Josh Hamilton, founder and editor of British politics analysis and news site www.thejist.co.uk, will be discussing his debut book, “Brexit: The Establishment Civil War”.

Settled Status After The Deadline - What Happens Next?
2021-07-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Online
The deadline for Settled Status is 30th June 2021. But what happens next?
We know that, for many EU and EEA citizens, challenges are likely to continue after 30th June. There are significant delays in processing applications and fears that many vulnerable people will miss the deadline. But this issue has wider implications for all of us in term of the approach to citizens’ rights, the implications of the ‘hostile environment’ approach to immigration, and the end of Freedom of Movement.
Click on the Zoom link to see who is on the panel for this event, and to register.

The EU/UK Forum Annual conference 2021 A New Relationship
2021-07-06 09:00 - 16:00 | Online
With the European Parliament’s recent vote ratifying the Trade and Co-operation Agreement between the EU and the UK, the focus now shifts to its implementation and at how co-operation can be built upon and extended in the coming years.
This inaugural EU-UK Forum annual conference will assess, amongst other things, perhaps the biggest challenge of all: re-building trust and realigning the relationship. It will convene political commentators and experts, policymakers, businesses, and civil society to discuss the nature of the relationship as it stands today and on the key areas for continued and future co-operation.
Speakers include:
Kelly Beaver, Managing Director of Public Affairs, Ipsos MORI and Georgina Wright, Head of Europe Programme, Institut Montaigne
Anand Menon, Director of the UK in a Changing Europe, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King’s College London, in conversation with Paul Adamson
Raoul Rapurel, Adviser, Deloitte, Former Adviser to HMG on Brexit in conversation with George Parker, Political Editor, FT
João Vale de Almeida, EU Ambassador to the UK in conversation with John Peet, Political and Brexit editor, The Economist
Terry Reintke MEP in conversation with Stefanie Bolzen, WELT Correspondent, London
Lindsay Appleby, Head of the UK Mission to the European Union, in conversation with Katya Adler, Europe Editor, BBC

Post-Brexit Clinic at Queen's
2021-06-30 12:30 - 13:45 | Online
Professor David Phinnemore, Dr Viviane Gravey, Professor Katy Hayward, Dr Billy Melo Araujo and Lisa Whitten, will discuss latest developments in the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU and at the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
With the two main Unionist party leaders stepping down, concerns that the Ireland/N.Ireland Protocol is destabilizing NI’s future political stability, and the European Parliament’s ratification of the post-Brexit EU-UK trade agreement, what does this all mean for Northern Ireland?

Professor A.C. Grayling: The UK and the EU: the Future
2021-06-28 18:00 | Online
A discussion with renowned philosopher, academic and author Professor A. C. Grayling, who has written on such varied topics as ethics, human rights and the history of ideas. He is especially well known to us as a staunch pro-European who has campaigned against the UK government’s response to the Brexit referendum result.
After a short introduction from our host Nick Crosby, Professor Grayling will speak for 30 minutes and take questions for the rest of the hour.
Register for this event via the email link below.

FROM BREXIT TO THE FUTURE / East Kent and the EU
2021-06-26 10:30 - 12:30 | Online
An informal meeting with short talks and discussion on ways of enhancing and augmenting the ties between East Kent and the European Union in the aftermath of BREXIT.
Speakers include:
Susanne Oberhauser, Head of the EU Parliamentary Liaison Office to the UK
Jeremy O’Sullivan, Cultural Attaché of Europe House London
Rosie Duffield MP for Canterbury
Dr. Carl Wright (Twinning/Climate)
Other topics to be covered include: Business, Football, Education, Festival of Europe, Musical Exchanges, MEP Visits & Social Policy.

Brexit: Five years on from the UK’s vote that triggered an EU divorce
2021-06-23 18:30 - 19:30 | Online
Virtual event hosted by John Rentoul from The Independent. He will be joined by Andrew Grice, the paper’s political columnist, and two guest political speakers, David Gauke and the Rt Hon Lord Adonis. The panel will examine:
How it came about that the leave vote conquered; address the fallout that followed; assess where it has led us to now six months after officially leaving the European single market; and ask what the future holds.
There will be a Q&A after the discussion which will be your opportunity to ask the panel questions about their own insight and opinions on Brexit, as well as what the future holds for the EU.

Five years on - what should Labour do next?
2021-06-23 18:00 - 19:30
Join Mike Buckley, Laura Parker (Labour for a New Democracy) and former MEP Seb Dance to talk about what’s changed five years since the referendum, and what Labour can do next to set things right. Further speakers tbc.

Launch of all-out UK-wide protest against "this corrupt government" called by Steve Bray
2021-06-23 13:00 | Parliament Square, London, SW1P 3BD, United Kingdom, Parliament Square, London, SW1P 3BD, United Kingdom

Roxana Barbulescu asks "What is EU citizenship worth after Brexit?"
2021-06-22 20:00 - 21:00
Brexit had a devastating effect on EU citizenship. Roxana Barbulescu’s presentation will be followed by a Roundtable with the other speakers in the series. This will be followed by a Q&A.

Brexit isn't Working! EU Citizens and the Deadline for Settled Status: rerunning the Windrush scandal
2021-06-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
EU citizens resident in the UK talk about the process of applying for settled status and how they have been affected by it.

Q&A with Elena Remigi
2021-06-21 19:30 | Online
Q&A with Elena Remigi on her In Limbo project, the EU Settlement Scheme and the long-term implications of Brexit.

Impact of the Withdrawal Agreement on Musicians, the Arts and other Creative Industries
2021-06-17 18:30 | Online
The next webinar in the London4Europe series takes place on Thursday 17 June at 6.30pm. Tom Kiehl, specialist in music and creative industries policy and strategy, Sarah Williams, Vice Chair of the Musicians’ Union, and Howard Goodall, one of Britain’s best-known composers of choral music, stage musicals, TV and film scores, will discuss the impact of the Withdrawal Agreement on musicians, the arts and other creative industries .
The UK’s creative industries contribute in total £101.5 billion a year to the UK economy (equivalent to the construction or banking industries). Of that, the music industry contributes some £4.5 billion a year and is globally dominant. Yet, following the end of the transition period with the EU, UK musicians can no longer travel and work freely in EU countries, and many have effectively lost their way of life and living. Is this really a “teething problem” or does it constitute a much longer-term issue?

The future for Europeans in the UK: a conversation with the EU Ambassador
2021-06-17 13:30 - 14:30 | Online
This session will cover topics such as the pre-settled status, vaccine passports, post-Brexit EU-UK academic cooperation and the Northern Ireland Border.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A session, where you will be able to ask questions related to the future of the EU-UK relations.

Bringing Back Erasmus Plus - A Winnable Campaign?
2021-06-16 19:30 | Online
Panel discussion and Q&A. Speakers will include Lord Andrew Adonis, Chair of the European Movement and former MEPs Jackie Jones and Julie Ward.
Please email any questions in advance of the webinar to: richard@grassrootsforeurope.org.
Tickets to this event are free, but we would appreciate donations to offset the cost of hosting this and other events, as well as to give us resources to step up the grassroots campaign for Rejoin.

Britain Alone: The path from Suez to Brexit
2021-06-14 20:00 - 21:00 | Online
Award-winning journalist and writer Philip Stephens paints a fascinating portrait of a nation struggling to reconcile its waning power with past glory.

Climate Change and COP26
2021-06-14 13:00 - 14:15 | Online
The second in a new Spotlight mini-series from UK in a Changing Europe, taking place either side of the G7 meeting and examining two of the UK’s key priorities for the summit. Attendees can register for either or both of the sessions.
See Eventbrite listing for further details and to register.
