@glasgowforeurope
Non-partisan Glasgow-based group working for retaining closest links with EU. Website https://sites.google.com/view/glasgowforeurope/home Promoted by Bill Roger European Movement in Scotland c/o Orbit Communications 42 Charlotte Sq Edinburgh EH2 4HQ
FT exclusive:
Russia has shared targeting intelligence with Iran, including locations of American military assets in the Middle East, as Tehran unleashes a barrage of drone and missile strikes against the US and its allies, said people familiar with the matter.
www.ft.com/content/19be...
Important segment from #BBCQuestiontime
I remember when ‘Brexit Means Brexit’ became a way for silly people to insist that they supported something they could neither justify nor explain. Obviously the context is very different, but something similar is already happening with the ‘war’ in Iran. And it’s mostly the same people doing it.
On the one hand, a clearly deranged lunatic in the White House starting a dangerous illegal war on Iran with already-serious repercussions for the region and world...
Or having a pop at Keir Starmer.
You just knew which side the Right would come down on.
A report has found that the UK-EU summit last May had “substantially improved the overall political relationship”, but it concluded the UK “lacks clear strategic priorities”
SELFE's strategic priority is clear, and that's to #RejoinEU
Our next #Eurocafe will be on Saturday March 28th
All welcome!
Venue The Social Hub, 15 Candleriggs
This is something I had wanted to write for ages, but 10 years on from the Brexit vote made the most sense.
What would Britain still inside the EU look like? Incredibly powerful, is the answer.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/luke-mcgee-t...
We must stop pretending that Brexit was just a domestic choice.
It was a successful Russian hybrid operation designed to shatter Western cooperation.
This betrayal has left both the UK and the EU more vulnerable to aggression.
Those who still defend it are idiots or traitors
Interested in exporting to the EU or growing existing exports? Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce, Dept for Business & Trade & UK Business Centre Lille, the Scotland Office hosting a free 2 day masterclass for SMEs.
📆 Wed 11 March - Thur 12 March
🔗 Find out more & book place lnkd.in/eBdwKvJF
UK citizenship applications surge as Reform vows settlement crackdown.
"It is time to reset the partnership between the European Union and the United Kingdom."
President Roberta Metsola (@president.europarl.europa.eu) speaking at our 2026 Security and Defence conference called for closer UK-EU ties post-Brexit⤵️
The programme for the 2026 Festival of Europe Scotland is now out. 24 events so far throughout Scotland - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kirkcaldy, Dumfries, Stirling - more be announced! Conferences, talks, music, film, art, family events. For details & to book places: festivalofeuropescotland.org/events/
The new war machine. Machine learning and large language models. Palantir, OpenAI etc are really the Krupps and IGFarben of the 21st Century
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The BBC is lost
🇫🇷‼️ France has sent a frigate to protect Cyprus, an EU ally, from Iranian missiles or drones, Macron announced tonight. He also said he had ordered the giant aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its frigate escorts to cut short a Baltic visit and sail to the eastern Med. 1/
European leaders must stop pretending, to themselves and their voters, that peace is around the corner. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cerianbond.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/6RWmjER
@glasgowforeurope.bsky.social
Scotland's Festival of Europe 2026 programme is now out! Day 1, May 7, in Edinburgh, features: Focus on Poland @Studies in Photography Gallery; Live Music Now Vienna @Scottish National Gallery, Mound. And the first in series of 3 Spanish films. Details: www.festivalofeuropescotland.org/events
Maybe this post might encourage you to sign the stop #Palantir petition
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Palantir has access to NHS and UK Defence Data - does that not worry you?
Please repost as widely as you can to get the word out, far and wide! @euromovescotland.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk @euinuk.bsky.social @europestreet.bsky.social @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @thenewworldmag.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social
Just heading into our Eurcafé
The Social Hub 16 Candleriggs
Pop in for coffee/tea/something stronger between 3 and 5pm
Opinion: War aims to entrap Iranians into unconditional submission - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-war-aims-entrap-iranians-unconditional-submission
"Extraordinary that in these fractious & divided times, so many of us can unite around the single, simple fact that Matthew Goodwin is an irredeemable twat." James O'Brien, LBC Radio host.
Glasgow’s Lord Provost Jackie MacLaren @glasgowcitycouncil.bsky.social speaks to the students participating in European Youth Parliament debates. Schools participating
Oban High
Douglas Academy
Mearns Castle
Park Mains High
Great to see the pupils debating thorny real world issues 👏👏
Former MP, and former Chair of @euromovescotland.bsky.social Mark Lazarovicz launches the 2026 programme of the #FestivalofEurope
Speakers included Stéphane Pailler Consul General of France, Noellia Martinez of @citzrights.bsky.social & Rowan Brown of the Cockburn Assoc
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Great to join the @festivalofeurope.bsky.social Team for the launch of this year’s programme of events. This is the 3rd year of the Festival and it gets bigger and bigger
Have look at their website for this year’s programme
festivalofeuropescotland.org
There are more events in the pipeline too!
Our programme for May is now launched! Whatever your interests are and wherever you are, we’re sure to have an event for you. We would love for you to join us! #Scotland #FestivalOfEuropeScotland #talks #walks #films #dance #art #workshops #quiz and more. #EuropeDay26 Credit image: Beccie Speed
