European Movement
2010 events
in Sussex and nearby
| Events this month |
Sussex branch stall
at the Jubilee Library
every 2nd Saturday of the month |
Brainstorm
at The Cricketers
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AGM
postponed because of local snow conditions
Sussex branch AGM - first planned for 4 December, now to be held on Saturday 29 January.
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Sussex branch Annual General Meeting
Saturday 29 January is the new date
The AGM planned for Saturday 4 December had
to be postponed after heavy local snowfall.
St Pancras Catholic Church Hall, Irelands Lane, Lewes
East Sussex BN7 1QX click
for a map
(Parking is available in the County Hall east car park a few minutes' walk away
- the entrance is across Western Road, opposite Irelands Lane)
Please do let us know that you will be attending
and about any contributions you can make to the catering.
Confirm by
e-mail here, or phone 01903 813422
Click here for the calling
notice with Agenda
(pdf for printing)
Nominations for the Committee may still be sent to the Secretary. |
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A letter to members from
Peter Luff, Chairman of the European Movement UK
31 October 2010
Click to read the letter
You can also download and print this
letter to pass to friends (pdf) |
Topical lunches
It has been a long tradition that the branch has organised a lunch or
dinner twice a year, with an expert speaker to review the work taken on by the country
holding the current Presidency of the European Council. With the Lisbon Treaty
finally endorsed there is now a permanent President of the European Council, and this year
our attention will be turned to key topics in European affairs.
Catherine Bearder, MEP
Life as a new Member of the European Parliament
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Catherine was elected MEP in June 2009,
representing the Liberal Democrats. She was Director of Campaigns for Britain in
Europe in our South-East region, working to highlight the great economic benefits of
EU membership. She has been organiser of the LibDem regional party conference for the past
three years and is vice-chair of the LibDem European Group. She has campaigned on social
justice and rural issues, with particular interest in tackling homelessness and social
exclusion. She also emphasises the need to tackle climate change – she is vice-president
of the Green Liberal Democrats and looks forward to championing the environment in the
European Parliament. |
a lunch held on Saturday 24
April
at the Preston Park Hotel, London Road, Brighton BN1 6UU
Click
here for a summary account of what Catherine Bearder said
and the questions and discussion that followed her talk. |
Presidency lunches
Looking back to last year and earlier .....
From our archive you can see notes on what was said
at previous Presidency events:
United Kingdom - Sir Stephen Wall
Austria - Eveline Jamek, attaché for EU Affairs
at the Austrian Embassy
Finland - Alexander Stubb, Finnish MEP
Germany - Michael Siebert, deputy head of the
Political Section at the German Embassy
Portugal - Israel Saraiva, First Secretary at
the Portuguese Embassy
Slovenia - Francis King, formerly head of the
British Council in Ljubljana
France - Diégo Colas, Conseiller politique -
Ambassade de France à Londres
Czech Republic - Zdeněk Kavan, Lecturer in
Development Studies & International Relations |
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Annual seminar
held on Sunday 3 October
at the Wilton
Park conference centre at Wiston House
Lisbon - Expectations and Realities
how the European Union is changing
Lunch in the splendour of the
Great Hall |
Speakers:
Keynote
- Lord Hannay of
Chiswick
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the
European Communities 1985-1990, Chair of the United Nations Association in the UK and
former UK Ambassador to the UN
The future of the EU
Brendan Donnelly (Director,
Federal Trust, and Hon Treasurer, European Movement) on the future of the new External
Service
All change or no change? Foreign policy after Lisbon
Richard
Corbett (recently MEP, now member, Cabinet of the President of the
European Council, responsible for Institutional Issues, Relations with the
European Parliament and the National Parliaments)
Life at the centre of the new EU |
See full notes from the three speakers |
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European events in neighbouring areas
This panel will show events in Kent, London and Surrey which might be
interesting for members from Sussex. We also list separately events planned by the Eastbourne branch.
held jointly with the Global Policy
Institute
Thursday 20 January, 2 pm to 5.30 pm
Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB
Citizenship and the Lisbon Treaty
- can the British ever be European citizens ?
Difficult decisions will need to be taken in the European context, which will
play an important part in the European Union's development over the coming years. We ask
how far the new British Government can play an influential role in shaping the course of
wider European developments.
Speakers:
Georgia Georgiadou, Policy Officer, Citizenship Unit, DG Justice,
European Commission
Professor Jo Shaw, Salvesen Chair of European Institutions, University of
Edinburgh
Richard Laming, Chairman, Federal Union
To attend this event, please reply to Alison
Sutherland,
or ring the Federal Trust on 020 7320 3045.
This conference is co-funded by the European Commission
Representation in the United Kingdom. |
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