Glasgow For Europe

Yes, Keir Starmer must do better and go faster in bringing Britain closer to Europe. Here’s how to reset his reset | Naomi Smith MPs warn the plan so far lacks direction and drive, but there are four clear ways to really move on from our disastrous Brexit, says Naomi Smith of Best for Britain

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Dead right

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

The unBrexited Britain that could have led Europe London could have been the EU’s capital, leading the continent’s defence against Putin and Trumpworld, instead of a spectator to decisions it once helped to shape

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.

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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 Data shows sharp rise in Americans applying, but overall number of people granted British citizenship fell last year

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/

Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’ Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined

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  <article data-history-node-id="434344" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-war-aims-entrap-iranians-unconditional-submission" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-war-aims-entrap-iranians-unconditional-submission" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Opinion: War aims to entrap Iranians into unconditional submission&nbsp;</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>As the world wakes up to this news and sits at the receiving end of multiple propaganda outlets trying to spin the news in one way or another, here are the four militant factors at work with the fate of more than 90 million human beings at stake.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The first factor is the unleashed power of the US military with Trump, an unhinged commander-in-chief eager and willing to distract attention from his domestic (<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/epstein-files" target="_blank">Epstein files</a>), regional (adventurism in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/venezuela-crisis" target="_blank">Venezuela</a>, Cuba and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/international-law-died-gaza-why-world-mourning-it-greenland" target="_blank">Greenland</a>) and global (<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/china" target="_blank">China</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>) fiascos.&nbsp;</p> <p>The second factor is the Islamic Republic itself, which faced&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/iran-protests" target="_blank">nationwide protests</a>&nbsp;in December and early January rooted in the deep economic crisis Iran has experienced for decades.</p> <p>The third factor is Israel, the most lethal killing machine in the region, fresh from its merciless&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/genocide-gaza-how-many-palestinians-did-israel-kill" target="_blank">slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians</a>, military strikes against&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/syria" target="_blank">Syria</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/yemen" target="_blank">Yemen</a>&nbsp;and Iran back in June 2025.&nbsp;</p> <p>The fourth factor is the delusional fascism of the remnant of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iran-last-shah-pro-israel-stooge-become-how" target="_blank">the Pahlavi dynasty</a>&nbsp;and their thugs and comprador intellectuals, led by<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iran-last-shah-pro-israel-stooge-become-how" target="_blank">&nbsp;Reza Pahlavi,&nbsp;</a>who dream of reclaiming power almost half a century after Iranians&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/shah-gone-revisiting-iranian-revolution-40-years-later" target="_blank">put an end</a>&nbsp;to their corrupt rule.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="Trump-Netanyahu war aims to entrap Iranians into unconditional submission" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/us-israel-war-iran-aims-entrap-iranians-unconditional-submission">Trump-Netanyahu war aims to entrap Iranians into unconditional submission</a>&nbsp;by <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/hamid-dabashi">Hamid Dabashi</a>&nbsp;</h3> <figure role="group" class="align-center media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="People run for cover following an explosion in Tehran after Israel said it had launched an attack against Iran on 28 February 2026 (Reuters)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="57bc2cdc-05c9-406f-a653-1ae56b15adfc" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/People%20run%20for%20cover%20following%20an%20explosion%2C%20after%20Israel%20said%20it%20launched%20a%20pre-emptive%20attack%20against%20Iran%2C%20in%20Tehran%2C%20Iran%20February%2028%2C%202026-reuters.jpg" width="1780" height="1001" alt="People run for cover following an explosion in Tehran after Israel said it had launched an attack against Iran on 28 February 2026 (Reuters)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>People run for cover following an explosion in Tehran after Israel said it had launched an attack against Iran on 28 February 2026 (Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); 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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

Scottish and Irish perspecitives on Globla Tensions The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) was pleased to support and collaborate on the recent roundtable that brought together Scottish and Irish perspectives on global tensions and their implica...

Report of the event, "A Scottish and Irish perspective in an era of Global tension", co-authored by Nicholas Estée, Lucy Harrow and Magali Courades of UN House Scotland, concludes that strengthening state–UN relations requires more than diplomatic alignment.
scga.scot/2026/02/26/s...

Mandelson referred to EU fraud investigators over Epstein files OLAF, the European anti-fraud office, has been asked to look into the former trade commissioner, a Commission spokesperson says.

The European Commission has referred Peter Mandelson, a former EU trade commissioner, to fraud investigators.
Recently released files suggest Mandelson gave Epstein information about a €500 billion bailout to save the euro in 2010.
www.politico.eu/article/pete...

Oh dear.

In London with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Keir Starmer.

The future must be built on stronger links that benefit all our people.

Now is the time to shape a partnership that reflects the world as it is, not as it once was 🇪🇺🇬🇧