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New event: The Legacy of EU Funds in the Region, Sheffield, 30 May 2013
The European Movement is organising its 3rd regional conference within the framework of the “The Legacy of EU Funds in the Regions” project to discuss the benefits of EU funding in the Yorkshire region. The event will be held in Sheffield on Thursday 30 May 2013.
Over the last decades, towns and rural areas across the country received dedicated funding from the European Structural Funds to support social and economic restructuring by investing in research, innovation, business development and by promoting training and enhancing access to employment and social inclusion.
With the financial support of the European Commission we are organizing this event to bring together local stakeholders representing businesses, public authorities, universities and NGOs to exchange views on the economic and social impact of EU funding, especially of ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) and of ESF (European Social Fund) as well as to share experiences in managing local and regional projects partly financed by the European Union.
Full details available here.
New event: YEM Annual Congress, Cambridge, 22 June 2013
The Young European Movement is holding its annual Congress in Cambridge on 22 June from 10am to 6pm.
The YEM Congress is open to all members of our branches across the UK. The Congress is a fantastic opportunity to get together, meet each other and reflect on the progress we have made both at the organisational level (growth and structure) and through our various activities (campaigns, trainings and other initiatives) aiming at promoting the European Union in the UK over the last two years.
It is also the opportunity to share and discuss ideas to develop our organisation and strengthen our activities through the years to come, and to elect a new National Board.
For more information, visit www.yem.org.uk or email info(at)yem.org.uk.
Establishment of the Brussels Council of the British European Movement
The Brussels Council of the British European Movement was established on Thursday 11 April 2013 to function as the European Movement’s outpost in Brussels, with the aim to gather all British pro-Europeans in Brussels and across Europe who want to work on ensuring that Britain remains part of a strong European Union.
For more details click here to read the full statement.
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The EU budget
The European Council reached agreement on the 2014 - 2020 Multiannual Financial Framework. To read the eurobriefing on the MFF, please click here.
To read the eurobriefing on the agreement's details and the summary of what key EU players said about the agreement, click here.
For the commentary by the EM about the purpose and the future of the EU budget, please click here.
Eurobriefing about the European Parliament's rejection of the MFF, read the positions of the parties, please click here.
European Movement cross-party letter on a possible referendum
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s speech on the EU, Labour and Liberal Democrat members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the European Parliament have come together in support of a European Movement letter, published in yesterday’s Guardian, advising against putting in question Britain’s membership of the EU. Pressure is mounting from all those who believe that Britain’s future lies firmly within EU. Just like their Conservative colleagues last week, Labour and Liberal Democrat members of the 3 Chambers have come together to support the EM’s long-standing argument that Britain should remain intimately involved in continuing efforts to further improve the way the EU operates and get the European economy out of its current predicament.
Read the full letter here.
European Movement E-News: What does the EU JHA Opt-Out mean? - 17/10/2012
In a move designed to appease nationalistic right-wing Conservative MPs and respond to a perceived electoral threat from UKIP, the Government announced its intention to opt out of 130 EU Justice and Home Affairs measures.
Despite advice from academics, lawyers, the police and the wider British security establishment the Government is putting party politics above the national interest and the country's ability to deal with cross-border crime and terrorism.
The European Movement has compiled a small collection of reports and articles that explain the mechanics behind the opt-out as well as the dangers such a move is posing, both for Britain's ability to combat crime but also with regard to its place within the EU.
For further information and to access these sources please click here.
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