Section: Open Europe (UK)
Senior NATO and US figures warn Brexit would undermine Western security while Boris Johnson claims EU is now “force for instability and alienation”
Senior NATO and US figures warn Brexit would undermine Western security while Boris Johnson claims EU is now “force for instability and alienation”In an open letter to The Daily Telegraph, five former NATO secretaries-generals –Lord Carrington; Javier Solana; Lord Robertson; Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Anders Fogh Rasmussen – describe the EU as a...
Gove: UK would remain part of “free-trade zone stretching from Iceland to Turkey” after Brexit
Gove: UK would remain part of “free-trade zone stretching from Iceland to Turkey” after BrexitJustice Secretary and Vote Leave chair Michael Gove said yesterday, “There is a free-trade zone stretching from Iceland to Turkey that all European nations have access to, regardless of whether they are in our out of the euro or EU. After we vote to...
Treasury analysis warns UK GDP would be 6% smaller post Brexit even with Canadian-style free trade agreement
Treasury analysis warns UK GDP would be 6% smaller post Brexit even with Canadian-style free trade agreementThe Treasury will today release its analysis of the long-run cost of the UK leaving the EU. The 200 page report is expected to predict that if the UK left the EU and adopted a Canada-style free trade agreement with the EU, UK GDP would be...
Vote Leave attempts to place NHS at front and centre of EU referendum campaign
Vote Leave attempts to place NHS at front and centre of EU referendum campaignOn the first day of official campaigning in the EU referendum, London Mayor Boris Johnson and four pro-Brexit cabinet ministers – Michael Gove, Chris Grayling, Priti Patel and Theresa Villiers – will make a series of speeches around the country in what has been dubbed a...
Corbyn sets out socialist, ‘warts and all’ case for staying in EU
Corbyn sets out socialist, ‘warts and all’ case for staying in EULabour leader Jeremy Corbyn has this morning made his first major intervention in the EU referendum campaign by setting out the “strong socialist case for staying in the European Union”. Having come under criticism from many in his party over his lukewarm support for EU...
New Open Europe report: A blueprint for successful trade, immigration and regulation in the event of Brexit
New Open Europe report: A blueprint for successful trade, immigration and regulation in the event of BrexitOpen Europe has today released a new report looking in detail at what approach the UK should take to trade, immigration and regulation in the event of a Brexit. The report argues that there is likely to be a small negative economic cost from...
TUC warns holiday entitlements at risk under Brexit as over 50 healthcare workers argue leaving would benefit NHS
TUC warns holiday entitlements at risk under Brexit as over 50 healthcare workers argue leaving would benefit NHSThe Trade Union Congress (TUC) has warned that leaving the EU could lead to a reduction in people’s paid annual leave. TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady said, “We know that some of the biggest cheerleaders for Brexit...
Labour MPs urge party leadership to step up campaign to keep UK in EU
Labour MPs urge party leadership to step up campaign to keep UK in EULabour MPs Ben Bradshaw, Emma Reynolds, Chris Leslie and Adrian Bailey wrote in The Observer, “Convincing the British public to remain in the EU should be the overriding priority for the political leadership this year…That’s why we are calling on the leadership of the...
UK poll watchdog criticises government over anti-Brexit leaflet
UK poll watchdog criticises government over anti-Brexit leafletA spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission, the UK’s independent election watchdog, said yesterday of the anti-Brexit leaflet that the Government will be sending to every household ahead of the June 23 referendum, “We don’t think the government should have done it, but...
Large victory for ‘No’ camp forces Dutch government to reconsider ratification of EU-Ukraine deal
Large victory for ‘No’ camp forces Dutch government to reconsider ratification of EU-Ukraine dealIn the referendum that took place yesterday, Dutch voters rejected the Association Agreement establishing closer economic and political ties between the EU and Ukraine by 61.1% to 38.1% – with 0.8% of blank ballots. Turnout was low at 32.2%, but...
