While President Trump brands his tariff-heavy economic policy as “Liberation Day,” it is, in truth, a declaration of a global trade war. His imposition of sweeping tariffs on most imports to the United States is provoking retaliatory tariffs on American exports – an economically self-harming spiral that will ultimately make everyone poorer, including Americans. In […] The post Let’s liberate ourselves from Trump’s so-called ‘Liberation Day’ appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more

Sixty-eight years ago, on 25 March 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed by six European countries – France, Italy, West Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg. It marked the birth of the European Economic Community, later known as the European Union. This ambitious new community emerged from the ruins of the Second World War, […] The post The peace project that Brexit never understood appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more

The UK is grappling with its worst medicine shortage in four years, and the evidence points squarely at Brexit as a central cause. In 2024 alone, drug companies reported 1,938 supply disruptions to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) – a sharp rise from 1,634 in 2023. The worst-hit medications include essential treatments […] The post Brexit is causing a severe medicines shortage appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more

Every year on 8 March, International Women’s Day celebrates the economic, cultural, political, and social achievements of women while also recognising the ongoing fight for gender equality. And 100 years is about how long it took for women in the United Kingdom to win the right to vote. Women – along with the men who […] The post The Suffragettes never gave up – nor will Rejoiners appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more

The grotesque spectacle of President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance bullying and ambushing Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Friday, 28 February, has shocked Europe. In response, European leaders have adopted a firmer stance in support of Ukraine. From adversity, unity can emerge. Only a united Europe can ensure its own peace […] The post Europe united against Putin and Trump appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more

Months before the 2016 EU referendum, then-Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond admitted a fundamental truth: the Leave campaign couldn’t say what a vote for Brexit would mean. On that basis alone, the referendum should never have taken place in the form it did. Or, at the very least, the EU Referendum Act 2015 should have included a […] The post The fatal flaw in the Brexit referendum appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more

When Theresa May became Prime Minister in the wake of the EU referendum on 23 June 2016, she was determined to push Brexit through as swiftly as possible. To do so, she planned to proceed without explicit parliamentary approval, arguing that the referendum had given her an undeniable mandate. Yet, by law, the referendum was […] The post Brexit: The advisory referendum that became binding appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more

So, here’s the key question: Who actually made the decision for the UK to leave the EU? It wasn’t the referendum. The 2016 referendum, as explicitly stated in the Act of Parliament that created it, was advisory only and had no legal authority to decide Brexit. This was confirmed by the UK Supreme Court, which […] The post Who made the Brexit decision? appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more

Those paying attention have seen this coming for years. Britain does not have enough skilled workers to meet Labour’s ambitious target of building 1.5 million homes over the next five years. This stark reality was highlighted on the front page of The Independent on 17 February 2025, yet Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner insists it’s […] The post Britain’s housing crisis: Another Brexit disaster appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more

A vote for Brexit was a vote for Putin. Since the 2016 EU referendum, evidence has mounted that Russian interference helped secure the narrow ‘Leave’ victory. By weakening the EU and sowing division, Brexit played into Vladimir Putin’s hands while delivering no tangible benefits to Britain. Putin has long viewed the collapse of the Soviet […] The post How Brexit played into Putin’s hands appeared first on EU ROPE ..read more