Sussex in Europe
the website of the Sussex branch of the European Movement


The European Movement

Encouraging local communities in Britain to play a leading role in a strong, democratic and reformed Europe.  The International European Movement was inspired by Winston Churchill's Zurich speech in 1948,
when he urged the recreation of the European family following the end of the Second World War.  The movement has no political party affiliation.  November 2007 saw a refreshed movement re-launched in the Houses of Parliament.

The Sussex branch is one of ten in the south-east, and covers both East and West Sussex - there is also a separate branch set up in Eastbourne.

  

Events during November
Energy security  (Dorking)

 

Central & Eastern Europe
Recent news items

(updated 14 November 2008)

   Czech President describes himself as an EU "dissident"
   Poland celebrates 90th anniversary of independence
   Sleeping crew of Russian submarine killed by extinguisher gas
   Defence and global economy dominate Russian President's state-of-nation speech

   Prague mayor bids for leadership of Czech government party
   Former PM calls for use of force to tame northern Kosovo

   Belarus bids for IMF loan
   Royal visit to Slovenija and Slovakia

   EU hosts conference to raise money for Georgia
   PM hopes IMF will support Ukraine's failing economy
   Ceremony marks 65 years since Minsk ghetto was destroyed
   First trial underway in Bulgaria for embezzlement of EU funds

country & topic index

What's on
music, arts, theatre from central & eastern Europe

Societies

Sussex Hungarian Society
St Nicholas party on 6 December
please also see a questionnaire to help plan future activities


Sussex Russian Society
the next meeting is on
Monday 8 December.

Also continuing on this page -

Русский Час tv


Contacts for Polish organisations


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Notices for members (below)

Slovenija and the EU Presidency

Citizenship teachers and advisers
on Brussels visit

Study weekend with
guests from Germany

Bursaries commemorating
François Duchêne
were awarded at event on 23 May


Reports and resumés from recent events

Letters in Sussex newspapers
Book reviews

revisit previous years

 

The European Movement in Sussex was joined in 2004 by Lewes Links, an organisation which was set up in 1992 to forge links and to promote better understanding of central and eastern Europe.  As countries in those areas opened to contacts with western Europe, Lewes Links aimed to involve Sussex people in creating and sustaining links with people and organisations in the eastern half of Europe.

In May 2004 some of the countries where these contacts had been built were welcomed into the European Union, and another two in January 2007.  Other countries still aspire to join, and the concept of a European identity goes well beyond the borders of the EU.

This website continues to provide recent news and background from the central and eastern European countries (see top right & right-hand panel).

See the Lewes Links archive

Central & Eastern Europe

Index of recent news
by country and by topics

Indexed map of central & eastern Europe

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Europe in Sussex

Citizenship teachers and advisers
from West Sussex have been on an intensive study visit to the European Commission and Parliament


Guests from Germany

Over the weekend of 27-29 June 2008 guests from the Aumühle-Wohltorf branch of the European Movement, joined us in a series of three study sessions on current issues.

The first university bursaries commemorating
François Duchêne
were awarded at event on 23 May



Letters in Sussex newspapers

Book reviews

Reports and resumés

Slovenija and the EU Presidency
Francis King, formerly director of the British Council in Ljubljana, talked about Slovenija at a dinner on 17 July 2008
click for some notes on what he said


The EU Presidency of Portugal
Israel Saraiva described the issues handled by Portugal at a lunch on 23 November 2007
click for an account of his talk


European Movement re-launched
on 21 November 2007 the national movement welcomed its new President Charles Kennedy MP, who emphasised the significance of re-launching the Movement

Slovenija and the EU
at an evening meeting organised by the West Kent branch on 10 November 2007, Bojan Škoda talked about the progress made since joining the EU.
click for an account of some of the issues


Germany's EU Presidency
Michael Siebert reviewed the ups and downs of the period at a Presidency lunch on 9 July 2007
click for some notes on his talk

 

Archive

2007 events

or look back at events in 2005 or 2006

Find out more about
the Speak up Europe initiative