The European Movement International
The European Movement in the UK is a member of a bigger international organisation called European Movement International, with the head office in Brussels. The current president of the EMI is Pat Cox, former president of the European Parliament from 2002 to 2004.
The EMI is – as the EM in the UK – a pressure group and a study and information group. Its objective is to "contribute to the establishment of a united, federal Europe founded on the respect for basic human rights, peace principles, democratic principles of liberty and solidarity and citizens’ participation".
The EM in the UK is part of the 41 national Councils and the 21 associate member associations, whose actions are coordinated by the EMI. The EMI is therefore present not only in all the European Member States, but also in the candidate countries and non-candidate countries, "from Iceland to Turkey and from Portugal to Finland".
The EMI is independent from governments, European institutions and political parties.
Click here to read the report of the latest Federal Council of the European Movement International, December 2007.
European Movement International
Square de Meeűs, 25-B-1000 Brussels
Phone: +32 2 508 30 88
Fax: +32 2 508 30 89
secretariat(at)europeanmovement.eu
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News
2010 Response of the European Movement International to the European Commission’s Green Paper on the European Citizens’ Initiative
The European Movement welcomes the European Citizens' Initiative as one of the major innovations of the Treaty of Lisbon. The EMI would like to draw our attention to the foreseen ECI admission process.
For more information about the detailed response of the EMI to the Green Paper Questions, please click here.
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2009 European Parliamentary elections - European Movement Manifesto
The European Movement International produced a Manifesto on the occasion of the 2009 European parliamentary elections taking place between the 4th and the 7th of June accross the EU - 4th June in the UK.
To download the Manifesto, click here
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Lisbon Treaty - the way ahead
The European Movement International adopted a resolution on the occasion of the last Steering Committee meeting held in Brussels on June 27th. It focuses particularly on the way forward following the Irish failure to ratify the treaty on June 12th. Read more by clicking here (text available in english and french).
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The Congress of Europe, 23 and 24 May 2008 
60 years ago the model for the European Union as we know it now was conceived at the Congress of Europe in The Hague. 60 years later and Europe finds itself confronted by different challenges and needs new ideas to define its future. The European Movement has taken up this challenge again and proposed ideas suited to a 21st century Europe.
This unique event brought together the heads of the EU Institutions & European Political Parties and representatives of European Civil Society, allowing them to directly address these key EU politicians with their concerns and recommendations about Europe’s future.
Europe’s civil society has proposed ideas through a dedicated online discussion platform and the most popular 60 of these will be discussed through three themes (Political, Economic & Social and Education & Culture), and debated with Europe’s political leaders in two TV debates on the 24th of May. These debates will be broadcast live on the Europe by Satellite.
For more information, please click here
Click here to read the report of the Congress of Europe
