Edinburgh 4 Europe
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We believe Scotland's interests & values are best served by EU membership, no matter the constitutional status. edinburgh4europe@gmail.com #UnitedInDiversity
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It is with great sadness that EMiS has learned of the sudden death of David Gow. David was a stalwart of EMiS for many years following his retirement from The Guardian, where he was latterly European Business Editor. Please read more here: www.facebook.com/EuroMoveScot...
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It is with great sadness that EMiS has learned of the sudden death of David Gow. David was a stalwart of EMiS for many years following his retirement from The Guardian, where he was latterly European Business Editor. Please read more here: www.facebook.com/EuroMoveScot...
@guyverhofstadt.bsky.social:
“The European Union… brought 80 years of peace, stability, growing prosperity and liberal democracy to the continent. All the evidence is that the people of Scotland and of the UK wish they were still in the EU.”
euromovescotland.org.uk/guy-verhofst...
#RejoinEU
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“The European Union… brought 80 years of peace, stability, growing prosperity and liberal democracy to the continent. All the evidence is that the people of Scotland and of the UK wish they were still in the EU.”
euromovescotland.org.uk/guy-verhofst...
#RejoinEU
1/2…
Guy Verhofstadt at EMiS annual Dinner – The European Movement in Scotland
euromovescotland.org.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
@guyverhofstadt.bsky.social:
“The European Union… brought 80 years of peace, stability, growing prosperity and liberal democracy to the continent. All the evidence is that the people of Scotland and of the UK wish they were still in the EU.”
euromovescotland.org.uk/guy-verhofst...
#RejoinEU
1/2…
“The European Union… brought 80 years of peace, stability, growing prosperity and liberal democracy to the continent. All the evidence is that the people of Scotland and of the UK wish they were still in the EU.”
euromovescotland.org.uk/guy-verhofst...
#RejoinEU
1/2…
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Demarco Honoured with award
Richard Demarco named Scottish European of the Year at EMiS Annual Dinner.
A lifetime of cultural leadership and European vision.
Richard Demarco named Scottish European of the Year at EMiS Annual Dinner.
A lifetime of cultural leadership and European vision.
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Demarco Honoured with award
Richard Demarco named Scottish European of the Year at EMiS Annual Dinner.
A lifetime of cultural leadership and European vision.
Richard Demarco named Scottish European of the Year at EMiS Annual Dinner.
A lifetime of cultural leadership and European vision.
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3. Europe at a Crossroads
Verhofstadt: “The EU is one of the greatest political achievements in history.”
Let’s not take it for granted. Verhofstadt warns of rising authoritarianism, global instability, and the need for unity. Europe must respond — together.
Verhofstadt: “The EU is one of the greatest political achievements in history.”
Let’s not take it for granted. Verhofstadt warns of rising authoritarianism, global instability, and the need for unity. Europe must respond — together.
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
3. Europe at a Crossroads
Verhofstadt: “The EU is one of the greatest political achievements in history.”
Let’s not take it for granted. Verhofstadt warns of rising authoritarianism, global instability, and the need for unity. Europe must respond — together.
Verhofstadt: “The EU is one of the greatest political achievements in history.”
Let’s not take it for granted. Verhofstadt warns of rising authoritarianism, global instability, and the need for unity. Europe must respond — together.
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1. Guy Verhofstadt in Edinburgh
“Europe’s political moderates must urgently counter threats to stability and prosperity.”
A powerful call to action from Guy Verhofstadt at the EMiS annual dinner. The time for complacency is over.
“Europe’s political moderates must urgently counter threats to stability and prosperity.”
A powerful call to action from Guy Verhofstadt at the EMiS annual dinner. The time for complacency is over.
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
1. Guy Verhofstadt in Edinburgh
“Europe’s political moderates must urgently counter threats to stability and prosperity.”
A powerful call to action from Guy Verhofstadt at the EMiS annual dinner. The time for complacency is over.
“Europe’s political moderates must urgently counter threats to stability and prosperity.”
A powerful call to action from Guy Verhofstadt at the EMiS annual dinner. The time for complacency is over.
Edinburgh welcomes Guy Verhofstadt, President of European Movement International (and former Belgian Prime Minister, MEP), ahead of his keynote speech at EM in Scotland annual dinner. #RejoinEU #LeaveALightOn 🏴🇪🇺
Today we hosted a roundtable discuss with Guy Verhofstadt at Edinburgh City Chambers.
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Edinburgh welcomes Guy Verhofstadt, President of European Movement International (and former Belgian Prime Minister, MEP), ahead of his keynote speech at EM in Scotland annual dinner. #RejoinEU #LeaveALightOn 🏴🇪🇺
#Edinburgh welcomes @guyverhofstadt.bsky.social, President of European Movement International (and former Belgian Prime Minister, MEP), ahead of his keynote speech at EM in #Scotland annual dinner. #RejoinOurEU 🏴🇪🇺
With Depute Lord Provost @lezleymarion.bsky.social, @benmacpherson.bsky.social MSP.
With Depute Lord Provost @lezleymarion.bsky.social, @benmacpherson.bsky.social MSP.
Today we hosted a roundtable discuss with Guy Verhofstadt at Edinburgh City Chambers.
October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#Edinburgh welcomes @guyverhofstadt.bsky.social, President of European Movement International (and former Belgian Prime Minister, MEP), ahead of his keynote speech at EM in #Scotland annual dinner. #RejoinOurEU 🏴🇪🇺
With Depute Lord Provost @lezleymarion.bsky.social, @benmacpherson.bsky.social MSP.
With Depute Lord Provost @lezleymarion.bsky.social, @benmacpherson.bsky.social MSP.
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Recent polling has shown that the majority of Brits think Brexit has been a failure, and the Chancellor herself has admitted that there is public support for increased deals with the European Union - so why aren't they doing more to reverse the mistake of Brexit?
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Recent polling has shown that the majority of Brits think Brexit has been a failure, and the Chancellor herself has admitted that there is public support for increased deals with the European Union - so why aren't they doing more to reverse the mistake of Brexit?
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After ministers have started to admit the damage of Brexit, the World Trade Organisation has now cited it as a key reason for the downturn in global goods trade since 2018. The narrative is shifting and the tide is turning: Brexit was sold as a lie.
UK trade contribution to GDP ‘stagnated’ since Brexit, warns WTO
Export of goods are languishing at 17% below pre-Covid levels
www.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
After ministers have started to admit the damage of Brexit, the World Trade Organisation has now cited it as a key reason for the downturn in global goods trade since 2018. The narrative is shifting and the tide is turning: Brexit was sold as a lie.
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Enabling freedom of movement is vital for strengthening the UK economy, and rejoining the Erasmus+ programme would be an important step towards achieving this.
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Enabling freedom of movement is vital for strengthening the UK economy, and rejoining the Erasmus+ programme would be an important step towards achieving this.
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Today, Members of Parliament voted overwhelmingly AGAINST Nigel Farage's bill to take the UK out of the ECHR. This is a win for all those who want to protect our last line of defence of our rights and freedoms.
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Today, Members of Parliament voted overwhelmingly AGAINST Nigel Farage's bill to take the UK out of the ECHR. This is a win for all those who want to protect our last line of defence of our rights and freedoms.
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Leaving the European Union has stripped rural communities of stability and security, as the farmers who were told they would be better off, are now facing higher costs, more red tape, and less support. This is yet another example of a false Brexit promise.
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Leaving the European Union has stripped rural communities of stability and security, as the farmers who were told they would be better off, are now facing higher costs, more red tape, and less support. This is yet another example of a false Brexit promise.
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Sofia Corradi, the creator of the EU's Erasmus program which has sent millions of young people abroad throughout Europe to study, died in Rome aged 91, Italian media reported Saturday.
❓Did you benefit from Erasmus?
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Very sad news. Sofia Corradi, the creator of the EU's Erasmus program which has sent millions of young people abroad to study, died in Rome aged 91, Italian media reported Saturday. www.barrons.com/news/europe-...
Europe's Erasmus Founder Sofia Corradi Dies, Aged 91
Sofia Corradi, the creator of the EU's Erasmus program which has sent millions of young people abroad throughout Europe to study, died in Rome aged 91, Italian media reported Saturday.
www.barrons.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sofia Corradi, the creator of the EU's Erasmus program which has sent millions of young people abroad throughout Europe to study, died in Rome aged 91, Italian media reported Saturday.
❓Did you benefit from Erasmus?
Share your story below
We would love to hear them!
❓Did you benefit from Erasmus?
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We would love to hear them!
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This weekend we are at the @scottishgreens.org party
conference
Support for closer connections with Europe is practically unanimous, when we checked with delegates who stopped by our stall.
@cluthaman.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
conference
Support for closer connections with Europe is practically unanimous, when we checked with delegates who stopped by our stall.
@cluthaman.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This weekend we are at the @scottishgreens.org party
conference
Support for closer connections with Europe is practically unanimous, when we checked with delegates who stopped by our stall.
@cluthaman.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
conference
Support for closer connections with Europe is practically unanimous, when we checked with delegates who stopped by our stall.
@cluthaman.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
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Scottish Greens party conference today
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
@maggiechapman.bsky.social
Ariana Burgess and @euromovesco stalwart Bill Roger
@scottishgreens.org 🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
@maggiechapman.bsky.social
Ariana Burgess and @euromovesco stalwart Bill Roger
@scottishgreens.org 🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴
October 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Scottish Greens party conference today
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
@maggiechapman.bsky.social
Ariana Burgess and @euromovesco stalwart Bill Roger
@scottishgreens.org 🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
@maggiechapman.bsky.social
Ariana Burgess and @euromovesco stalwart Bill Roger
@scottishgreens.org 🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴
The creation of the European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) Brussels group is an important step in rekindling the existing friendship between Scotland and the EU and in emphasising Scotland's desire to #RejoinOurEU. #LeaveALightOn 🏴🇪🇺
Bonds strengthen between Europe and Scotland as new pro-EU group launched.
bylines.scot/news/scotlan...
bylines.scot/news/scotlan...
Scottish pro-EU organisation launches Brussels group
Presse Release: First President of European Movement in Scotland Brussels is leading Scottish legal figure
bylines.scot
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The creation of the European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) Brussels group is an important step in rekindling the existing friendship between Scotland and the EU and in emphasising Scotland's desire to #RejoinOurEU. #LeaveALightOn 🏴🇪🇺
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After avoiding the subject for so long, in just one week three senior Government ministers have confirmed how damaging Brexit has been to our economy.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/government_f...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/government_f...
Government finally confronts Brexit damage
We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
After avoiding the subject for so long, in just one week three senior Government ministers have confirmed how damaging Brexit has been to our economy.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/government_f...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/government_f...
Former Conservative MP Philip Hammond, who warned against the dangers of #Brexit, highlighting that Brexit has indeed turned out to have left the UK exposed as a small country and now without the mutual support of former close friends. #BrexitBreaksBritain #RejoinSingleMarket #RejoinOurEU
Lord Hammond concedes that Britain left the EU imagining it could stand alone in a stable global system, yet now faces a world of tariffs and political interference, a mid-sized economy adrift outside any major bloc and far less prepared for the consequences than those who sold Brexit ever admitted.
October 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Former Conservative MP Philip Hammond, who warned against the dangers of #Brexit, highlighting that Brexit has indeed turned out to have left the UK exposed as a small country and now without the mutual support of former close friends. #BrexitBreaksBritain #RejoinSingleMarket #RejoinOurEU
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Times Higher Education: Brexit ‘being ignored’ as cause of UK universities’ problems
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/brexit-...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/brexit-...
Brexit ‘being ignored’ as cause of UK universities’ problems
Loss of EU students made recruitment more commercial and universities more insular, argues new book
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Times Higher Education: Brexit ‘being ignored’ as cause of UK universities’ problems
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/brexit-...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/brexit-...
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For the first time in years, senior Labour figures are saying it plainly.
Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”
The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.
Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”
The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.
Starmer and Streeting break silence on Brexit’s damage
We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For the first time in years, senior Labour figures are saying it plainly.
Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”
The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.
Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”
The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.
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#ScotlandTwinningEurope after WW2 people in Europe sought peace & connection to build a new Europe. Twinning relationships sprang up recognising longstanding links. This article shares the story of villes jumelées #Haddington & #Aubigny-sur-Nére www.completefrance.com/travel/twin-...
Twin towns - the story of Haddington in Scotland and Aubigny-sur-Nere in France
Find out how the historic Auld Alliance between Scotland and France is celebrated by these twin towns in the Fêtes Franco-Écossaises
www.completefrance.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#ScotlandTwinningEurope after WW2 people in Europe sought peace & connection to build a new Europe. Twinning relationships sprang up recognising longstanding links. This article shares the story of villes jumelées #Haddington & #Aubigny-sur-Nére www.completefrance.com/travel/twin-...
Yet another awkward travel hassle for British citizens caused by Brexit is about to come into effect. #BrexitStillBreaksBritain #RejoinSingleMarket #RejoinOurEU #RejoinEU
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Britons travelling to EU to undergo new biometric checks at border from Sunday
Most non-EU nationals entering Schengen area will have photo and fingerprints taken as part of entry-exit system
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Yet another awkward travel hassle for British citizens caused by Brexit is about to come into effect. #BrexitStillBreaksBritain #RejoinSingleMarket #RejoinOurEU #RejoinEU
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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At Conservative Party Conference, Lord Heseltine said most voters now see Brexit as a mistake and urged Conservatives to rebuild ties with Europe and reject Farage’s populism.
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'The tide is turning on Europe' - Heseltine makes landmark speech
Lord Heseltine spoke to a full house at European Movement UK’s event at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. Here is his speech in full.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
At Conservative Party Conference, Lord Heseltine said most voters now see Brexit as a mistake and urged Conservatives to rebuild ties with Europe and reject Farage’s populism.
Read the full speech:
Read the full speech:
Wise words from Lord Michael Heseltine, but will the Conservative Party heed them?
56% say Brexit was a mistake.
Only 31% think it was right.
“The tide is turning.”
Only 31% think it was right.
“The tide is turning.”
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wise words from Lord Michael Heseltine, but will the Conservative Party heed them?
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The numbers are clear. Most Britons now believe leaving Europe was a mistake. The next generation knows our future lies in cooperation, not isolation.
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The numbers are clear. Most Britons now believe leaving Europe was a mistake. The next generation knows our future lies in cooperation, not isolation.