@walesforeurope
Cross-party grassroots campaign to protect Wales' place in Europe. π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπͺπΊ Ymgyrch draws-blaid, lawr-gwlad i ddiogelu safle Cymru yn Ewrop. Join our movement π Ymunwch a'n mudiad! https://www.walesforeurope.org/joinus
You're invited to @swanseaforeurope.bsky.social's upcoming in-person event, with multi-award winning journalist Will Hayward, and Guardian/Observer writer Jude Rogers! Tickets are just Β£2 each! RSVP below ππͺπΊ π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
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Call for information as UK βmoves closerβ to agreement with EU on agrifood trade. Independent, 9 March.
The UK Government has issued a call for information to understand how it can support businesses as the UK 'moves closer' to a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) deal with the EU. This would remove the red tape that has been damaging agrifood trade moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
We are resetting our relationship with the EU, our closest and largest trading partner, to make trade easier and cheaper, and deliver tangible benefits for British businesses. We are talking about real businesses, real employers: the Somerset cheesemaker with export trade halved, the Welsh shellfish trader turning down orders because their catch isnβt fresh by the time the paperwork is done, the Scottish farmer who can no longer sell seed potatoes to customers theyβve supplied for decades. Emma Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.
By reducing delays and unnecessary paperwork, this deal will help keep shelves stocked, protect jobs and put downward pressure on food price inflation for families across the country. British businesses deserve better and we will work hand-in-hand with them to ensure this deal is a success. Emma Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The EU is the largest single market in the world, and it was a disastrous decision for our economy to ever leave it. Polling by Opinium on behalf of European Movement UK has found that 75% of British adults, who felt Brexit had been harmful to the UK, favour joining single market to lower taxes.
European Movement UK. Farmers welcome progress on food deal. The UK government has today announced that, to cut red tape and costs for importing and exporting with the EU, the UK will align with EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation. Link below.
Today, the UK Government has announced that the UK will align with EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation, including on food hygiene, additives, welfare, and plant health.
Today, The Business and Trade Committee questioned Trade Minister Chris Bryant MP on whether Britain can afford to continue 'straddling the Channel and the Atlantic'. The answer is clear, we have the largest trading bloc in the world on our doorstep: it's time to rejoin the single market.
Single Market membership would bring certainty, lower costs and give firs access to customers and supply chains without constant paperwork and delays. It would support growth in goods and services, not just tidy up the margins. This is the pragmatic route back to serious economic Join the Single Market.
The Single Market was responsible for 41% of the UKβs exports in 2024, and remains the largest trading bloc in the world. Rejoining would eliminate trade barriers for most goods and services, control consumer prices, and allow capital, goods and people to move freely.
The Economist, Ten years after the EU referendum, Britain has become more European. 8 March.
Britain still remains in Europe geographically. It's time we start acting like it, and repair our relationship with the continent.
![[The SPS agreement] will make it easier, cheaper and quicker for British businesses to export and import food, animals and plants.
By removing complex checks and paperwork for the vast majority of this trade, an agreement will reduce costs and red tape for local businesses while fully protecting the integrity of the UK internal market. Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bnuqsmli2rmtqcha6emaedr3/bafkreibaz7kzv44jz337ucjogydkwt5lkgpxiywxz3ce3gmsyqqcnb3m6y)
[The SPS agreement] will make it easier, cheaper and quicker for British businesses to export and import food, animals and plants. By removing complex checks and paperwork for the vast majority of this trade, an agreement will reduce costs and red tape for local businesses while fully protecting the integrity of the UK internal market. Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
The UK Government have launched a six-week call for information as it βmoves closerβ to a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU. The agreement aims to facilitate the smooth flow of agrifood goods and plants from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Minister for European Relations, Nick Thomas Symonds, predicts that over 100,000 people could benefit from Erasmus+ participation in 2027-28. We have a responsibility to safeguard our country for future generations, and rebuilding our relationship with Europe is fundamental to achieving that.
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), in 2025, British car, van, truck and bus production fell to its lowest level since 1952. They argued that "increasingly protectionist" measures such as the "Made in Europe scheme" are posing a significant threat to the industry.
The British Chambers of Commerce have warned that the new 'Made in Europe' initiative could upend the EU reset, and may be 'sleepwalking into a legislative nightmare'. Ministers such as Peter Kyle are calling for a British exemption from the rules, however, this should not be the final step.
British factories warned of 'chao's under Brussels' 'made in Europe' plan. The Telegraph, 2 March.
British businesses are facing the risk of being squeezed out of European supply chains under the new 'made in Europe' initiative. Peter Kyle, the Business Secretary, has "urged officials in Brussels to classify British companies as European under the new rules".
βI do not believe that anybody voted for 1.8 million fewer jobs to be created in our economy, or for 16,000 businesses to give up on trading with Europe because the basic consequence of Brexit was paperwork. I do not believe that anybody in this country really wanted those outcomes.β Stella Creasy MP, Walthamstow
Itβs no wonder the majority of the public want to rejoin the EU - isolation has cost us our freedoms and has devestated the economy. The future must be European if we are serious about repairing the damage.
Ben Judah, Special Advisor to the Foreign Office between 2024-2025, argued on Channel 4 News that moving closer to the EU is in our national interest. We are European, let's start acting like it.
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Photos of our last event - Cardiff for Europe's screening of Flags in the Wind π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπͺπΊπΊπ¦
Highlights of our last event - Cardiff for Europe's screening of Flags in the Wind π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπͺπΊ www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPRb...
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A full house for the debate in Westminster Hall today on the Impact of the 2016 EU Membership Referendum on the UK, as a result of over 11,000 of you writing to your MP to urge them to attend. Stephen Gethins MP has started the debate with a strong opening speech.
Serious concerns in Wales over UK replacement for EU development funding. WalesOnline, 23 February.
The Local Growth Fund will see Β£547m allocated to Wales as a replacement for EU development funding, however, a Senedd committee has warned that the new scheme's Β£182m a year will be "less than the money received under both the SPF and the original EU structural funds.
Tomorrow, 24 February 2026, from 4:30pm until 5:30pm, Parliament will be debating the Impact of the 2016 EU membership referendum on the UK organised by Stephen Gethins MP (shown). Over 11,000 of you have written to your MPs to urge them to attend - it's going to be a lively one.
Not only is today the day that the debate organised by Stephen Gethins MP on the βImpact of the 2016 EU membership referendum on the UKβ will be held in Parliament, but it also marks 4 years since Russiaβs full-scale invasion on Ukraine. This reminds us how important it is to work with Europe.
Tomorrow ππͺπΊπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Cardiff for Europe's free screening of Flags in the Wind by @europeanmovement.co.uk, marking 4 years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Tomorrow, 6:00pm at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
RSVP on Eventbrite below!
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Tomorrow ππͺπΊπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Cardiff for Europe's free screening of Flags in the Wind by @europeanmovement.co.uk, marking 4 years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Tomorrow, 6:00pm at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
RSVP on Eventbrite below!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cardiff-fo...
The New World. The unBrexited Britain that could have led Europe. London could have been the EUβs capital, leading the continentβs defence against Putin and Trumpworld, instead of a spectator to decisions it once helped to shape. 18 February.
Brexit is a clear example of self-sabotage, with the negative impacts still being felt a decade later. Research has found that at the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been had we remained in the European Union.
UK agrees drone defence plan with four EU allies. BBC News, 21 February.
The UK is planning to align even more deeply with the European Defence sector, by working with Europe's biggest military powers: Germany, France, Italy and Poland to submit plans to build low-cost missiles and autonomous drones.
With scant resources for defence, Britain must prioritise Europe over global ambitions. The Telegraph, 21 February.
We are a European country, and our security depends on acting like one. Britainβs geography hasnβt changed, and neither have the benefits of working with Europe on security and defence.
83% of 16-25 year olds would vote to rejoin the EU. Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February
A recent poll by Savanta on behalf of ITV Youth Tracker found that 83% of 16-25 year olds would vote to rejoin the EU. Young people are the future - it's time we listen to them and ensure that future generations are not held back by the disastrous decision to cut our ties with the EU.
One week away πͺπΊπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπΊπ¦
Free screening of Flags in the Wind!
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Speakers:
Yuliia Bond - Ukrainian refugee who lives in South Wales.
Dan Tucker - Hope not Hate.
Alistair Shepard - Head of Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University.
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