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Germany’s election – what does it mean for the EU?
2025-02-19 10:30 - 11:45 (Europe/London) | Online
The snap election on 23 February 2025 comes at a turning point for Germany and Europe. What is likely to change under a new government and how will the election result affect EU policies and the future of Europe? What are the European issues that a new governing coalition in Berlin will have to address?
Speakers
Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Senior Analyst and Vice Director, Think Tank Europa
Almut Möller, Director for European and Global Affairs at the European Policy Centre (EPC), Brussels
Valentin Kreilinger, Senior Researcher at the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS), Stockholm
Chair
Göran von Sydow, Director of the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS), Stockholm

In Conversation With Young European Movement (YEM) President Cecilia Jastrzembska & Vice President Lea Rattei
2025-02-20 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
The meeting will address:
YEM’s activities: Youth Champions Award, plans for the European Youth Event 2025, the EU-UK Stronger Together Network + more
– YEM’s Break The Silence / End The Violence campaign in partnership with European Parliament & Europinion
– Historic (!) Launch of the European Movement Women’s Network 7th March
Questions and comments welcome.
Moderated by Don Lodge, Chair of York For Europe

Reset or Rejoin? The choice for Brexit Britain
2025-03-02 17:00 - 18:15 | Online
With Brendan Donnelly, a former Conservative MEP who left the Conservative Party in protest against its anti-European policies. In 2024 he helped found The Rejoin EU Party.
(NB To prevent ‘Zoom bombing’, the link for the Zoom meeting will only be posted on the day of the event itself. Please register for your free ticket via the TicketTailor page below, and follow the link in the ‘ticket’ email to access the meeting.)

Europe is the Future; Europe is the solution
2025-03-20 18:00 - 19:30 | HYBRID EVENT – Online AND In Person, St Peter's Methodist Church, Canterbury, CT1 2BE
A New World Order? Trump or Europe?
East Kent for Europe are pleased to host Brendan Donnelly, Leader of the Rejoin EU Party, former Director of the Federal Trust and a former MEP. He has an immense wealth of experience, of connections and insight into a theme which is much in our hearts and minds particularly in these turbulent, horrendous times. Join us at this event to discover Brendan’s views on a positive future. The political ‘big picture’ has changed drastically, so be bold, register for this inspiring talk ( ONLINE or IN PERSON) and see you there!
Click on the Ticket Tailor link below, scroll down, and select the guest list for either the ONLINE or IN PERSON event.

Issues Facing Brits in Spain and Europe Post Brexit, with Lisa Burton (Bremain in Spain)
2025-04-13 17:00 - 18:15 | Online
Bremain in Spain campaigns to protect the rights of British migrants living in Spain and across Europe. As an organization founded by British migrants living in Spain, we, above all, understand the incredible opportunities freedom of movement can bring and the damage and difficulties its loss has brought to so many Brits living in the EU and the UK.

Europe Day with Marsha de Cordova
2025-05-08 18:00 - 20:00 | The Omnibus Theatre 1 Clapham Common North Side London, Greater London SW40QW United Kingdom
Come to our strategy session and discuss how to best to focus our campaigns in these critical times for Europe and the EU.
Marsha de Cordova, MP for Battersea and Vice-President of EMUK, will open the meeting with a keynote speech.
We will then view a new EMUK film featuring interviews with a WWII veteran, the Mayor of Lviv, a Deputy from President Zelensky’s cabinet and ordinary Ukrainians affected by current events.

uropean Dreams: Two films about Europe
2025-05-10 14:00 - 17:00 | The Fellowship Inn, Randlesdown Road, Londn, SE6 3BT, United Kingdom
We are showing two films in an afternoon open to the general public as well as Selfe and European Movement supporters and members. Tickets are free, and can be booked via the website below.
The first is a short 10 minute film with moving visuals and interviews from Ukraine, following Mike Galsworthy’s recent visit there.
The second is the 2017 documentary “Postcards From the 48%”, a film which will reignite the fires of frustration and anger that we all feel about Brexit being the first populist victory that led to so much else.

Film Screening - Flags in the Wind
2025-05-14 18:30 - 21:00 | Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath, BA2 6AA, United Kingdom
A short film by European Movement UK exploring the humanitarian impact of the Ukraine-Russia war on the people of Ukraine. The documentary parallels the United Kingdom’s struggles in the Second World War with the ongoing experiences of the Ukrainian people, questioning whether the lessons of history have been heeded, and delivers a sobering message at a time when Europe celebrates 80 years since Victory in Europe Day.. The screening will be followed by a discussion.
Tickets available via the Eventbrite link below.

The Expert Factor Live!
2025-06-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Institute for Government, 2 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA
Hannah White, Paul Johnson and Anand Menon will be reunited on stage to record a special live episode of The Expert Factor.
Nine years to the day since the UK voted to leave the EU, as the directors of three of the UK’s leading think tanks – the Institute for Government, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and UK in a Changing Europe – get to together to discuss, explore and explain the big questions facing Keir Starmer’s Labour government and Britain’s opposition parties in an increasingly unpredictable world.
Also available online.

Why Reform will win the next general election - and what that means for Brexit, with Nick Tyrone
2025-06-29 17:00 - 18:15 | Online
Nick Tyrone is a journalist who has published articles in The Spectator, Daily Express, New Statesman and The Independent, where he has been described by Jon Rentoul as a ‘waspish writer and natural troublemaker’. He is currently an Associate Fellow at the think tank Bright Blue, and publishes the Substack newsletter ‘Neoliberal Centrist Dad’ (formerly ‘Today in Brexitland’).

Rejoin Roundtable: The Impact of Brexit on Students with Sam Johnson (student, UCL)
2025-07-01 19:00 - 22:00 | Holy Saviour Church Hall, Radcliffe Rd, Hitchin SG5 1QG
The Rejoin Roundtable will include a short talk from Sam Johnson about how Brexit has impacted students, with particular emphasis on the issue of studying abroad where Brexit has severely limited opportunities. This discussion will be informed by his current experience of trying to organise a student exchange at the University of Warsaw. He will also discuss the broader loss to students that Brexit represents, especially culturally. The talk will be followed by an opportunity to socialize over a buffet.

Grassroots for Europe Round Table: Resisting the Trump Assault: will American democracy survive and what can we do to help? A webinar with Alexandra Hall Hall
2025-07-08 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
Alexandra Hall Hall resigned from her post as Brexit counsellor at the UK Embassy in Washington on December 6th 2019, three days before the UK general election, declaring in a devastating critique of the UK government her unwillingness to “peddle half-truths on behalf of a government I do not trust”. Her action established Alex as a valued public truth-teller of the Brexit era.
In this webinar we are talking to Alex about the state and future of government and democracy in the USA, where she lives and is now a citizen. Alex has a longstanding inside view of US politics, having been seconded by the Foreign Office to serve as an expert in US government during the early millennium.

Webinar: Dr Christina Pagel and Trump Action Tracker
2025-09-09 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
Professor Christina Pagel [UCL], previously known as a prominent contributor to Independent SAGE, initiated in February a project to catalogue and characterise “the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025”.
As she reported on August 21st, the total of such recorded acts had by then passed 1000, with their pace accelerating. They are being classified under five major “domains of authoritarianism”:
Undermining Democratic Institutions & Rule of Law; Dismantling federal government
Suppressing Dissent & Controlling Information
Dismantling Social Protections & Rights; Enrichment & Corruption
Attacking Science, Environment, Health, Arts & Education
Aggressive Foreign Policy & Global Destabilisation; Nationalism
An early instalment of the database included a field documenting, for each Trump action, “Any organised actions against? (individuals speaking out against does not count)”. After the first few weeks, just over half the recorded actions had a recorded counter-action.
Professor Pagel has accepted the invitation of the Grassroots for Europe Round Table to brief us in an open webinar session on the Trump presidency and its impact in America, Europe and beyond.

The Sound of Economics Live: The State of the European Union
2025-09-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
In this episode of The Sound of Economics, we discuss the State of the Union address that Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, will deliver on 10th of September.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to reveal her vision for Europe’s “once in a generation” opportunity. Join Bruegel’s Rebecca Christie, Simone Tagliapietra, Reinhilde Veugelers and Jeromin Zettelmeyer in a live discussion of whether the EU is ready to meet the moment.

Leo Varadkar – Speaking My Mind
2025-09-18 19:30 - 20:45 | Royal Geographical Society 1 Kensington Gore SW7 2AR
Newly liberated from the constraints of office, the iconic Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar joins us to reveal the story of his life in politics with unusual honesty and frankness.
‘There is so much people know already about my time at the top but almost as much that they don’t. I have the freedom now say things I could not while holding office and I have enough distance to reflect on the mistakes I made as much as what was achieved.’ – Leo Varadkar

South London Social
2025-10-06 19:00 - 22:00 | Old Tigers Head PH, 351 Lee High Road, London, SE12 8RU
Join us for a social get-together and update on Southeast and other London activity, including arrangements for joining National Rejoin March IV under the L4E and SELFE banners.

Brexit at Community Level: What Leaving the EU has Meant for Patients, Pharmacies, and Community Teams, with The Bear
2025-10-13 19:00 - 20:15 | Online
The Bear is a recent arrival to political commentary on X/Twitter @BearlyPolitics, and has a Substack newsletter https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/, as well as being the author of Bear Necessities of Politics and Power. His work has been recommended by the LBC presenter James O’Brien. He works as a manager in the NHS.

Trump's ten revolutions: the remaking of politics in the west
2025-11-06 18:30 - 20:00 | LSE MAR.1.04, Marshall Building, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom
US President Donald Trump has a massive impact on global politics from potential peace settlements in Ukraine to global tariffs, the military intervention in Iran, the viability of a common climate change agenda and far beyond. At the same time, he is also a highly interventionist president within the United States.
Analysts regularly focus on the ad-hoc character of his interventions and his assumed dependence on last minute influences and sudden mood changes. This creates the impression that actions are largely unforeseeable and therefore cannot be prepared for.
During this talk, it will be argued on the contrary that, behind the seemingly chaotic daily events, there are well reflected strategic changes of US policy that can be known and allow for reflected policy responses: the 10 revolutions of Donald Trump.
Speaker: Klaus Welle, Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE European Institute.
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Emeritus Professor (European Institute) and Professorial Research Fellow in the Hellenic Observatory at LSE

Brexit RIP : A state of the nation report on progress towards rejoining the EU, with Peter Cook
2025-11-22 17:00 - 18:15
Peter Cook has recently published the second edition of a book to explain why the case for applying to rejoin the EU is overwhelming and urgent The first edition of the book garnered replies from over 70 MPs, some of whom broke ranks with party lines, to talk about the madness of continuing to try to make Brexit work. Trump 2.0 has demonstrated our weakness on the world stage as we feel we must beg for the patronage of the felon and sex offender.

Climate crisis, pandemic, war at our borders, democratic backsliding, rising socio-economic inequalities: Young people in Europe stand at the centre of the so-called polycrisis. Fear, distrust, and a sense of uncertainty are putting a strain on what lies at the core of European integration: an ever-growing sense of togetherness among an increasingly larger citizenry. In these challenging times, can we find a path to advance a hopeful European project grounded in fairness, sustainability, and democratic renewal? What role can you play as an active young European citizen and student?
2025-12-04 17:30 - 19:00 | University College, University of Oxford, Swire Seminar Room
Speaker: Valentin Dupouey-Sterdyniak (College of Europe), Chair: Severin Dauer (University of Oxford)
Climate crisis, pandemic, war at our borders, democratic backsliding, rising socio-economic inequalities: Young people in Europe stand at the centre of the so-called polycrisis. Fear, distrust, and a sense of uncertainty are putting a strain on what lies at the core of European integration: an ever-growing sense of togetherness among an increasingly larger citizenry. In these challenging times, can we find a path to advance a hopeful European project grounded in fairness, sustainability, and democratic renewal? What role can you play as an active young European citizen and student?
Valentin Dupouey-Sterdyniak has worked in the fields of European education, active citizenship, youth civil society, and political communication both as a professional and an activist for over 15 years.

Brexit and British Politics, with Maximilien Robespierre
2025-12-08 19:00 - 20:15 | Online
Maximilien Robespierre is a prolific YouTube commentator on UK politics, with a particular focus on issues related to Brexit. He is from Northern Ireland, and is resident in Italy, so has a unique insider/outsider perspective.

Grassroots for Europe Round Table - Tracking tyranny, protecting freedoms
2025-12-09 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
Professor Christina Pagel. a world-leading health systems scientist who played a public role in challenging gross errors of UK government during the Covid-19 pandemic, has this year intervened once more to chronicle and dissect a vaster assault in America by the Trump presidency, not only on public health and safety but on the entire system of democratic governance, truth, science and the rule of law. In October, Christina and her colleague Prof. Martin McKee launched a report which, prompted by the emerging findings on Trump, asks how far democratic institutions in the UK would be resistant to similar predatory capture by far-right government forces. Tonight’s discussion will relate these latest findings to our agenda for defending democracy in Europe.

Better With EU Christmas Special livestream
2025-12-20 16:00 - 23:59 | Online
The free, Pro-EU Livestream with that classic telethon feel is back for a Christmas special, featuring live music acts, exclusive music sets, comedy, political commentary, live quiz with prizes and more. all hosted by the Ben Chambers & Lee Rudd

Rejoin Ramble, London-Brussels
2026-05-23 09:00 - 2026-06-05 17:00
In May-June 2026, the team at National Rejoin March; Peter Corr, Clare Hall and Ceíra Sergeant, are WALKING from London to Brussels (255 Miles) across 14 days (19.6 Miles per day average).
With around 8 hours of walking per day, every day for 14 days, carrying our kit, and 12 Weeks training beforehand – it’s going to be a challenge, but just like the Rejoin campaign itself, we will succeed!
When we arrive at the EU Parliament, we will hand-deliver a booklet made up of YOUR comments!

National Rejoin March
2026-06-23 12:00 - 16:00 | Temple, London, EC4
NRM IV has been postponed to 23 June 2026
