The European
Movement
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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
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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. |
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Sussex branch AGM
Issues during the Swedish EU Presidency
François Duchêne travel bursaries –
2009 awards and 2008 reports
Behind the Czech Presidency of the EU
Citizenship teachers and advisers
on Brussels visit
Reports and resumés from recent events
Letters in Sussex newspapers
Book reviews
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| 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).
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Central
& Eastern Europe
Index of
recent news
by country and by topics
Indexed map of central & eastern Europe
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Central
& Eastern Europe
Recent news items
(updated 08 March 2010)
Former Czech PM Miloš Zeman elected leader of new
Citizens' Rights Party
Poland succeeds in moving NordStream gas pipeline
Civic association demands work on Charles Bridge be suspended
Issue of Polish minority in Belarus raised at Visegrad meeting
Yanukovych sworn in as Ukrainian President
OSCE dissatisfied with media independence and regulation in Bosnia
Olympic luger Kumaritashvili buried at home
Flight log data shows rendition planes landed in Poland
Russian MPs upset by dismal Olympic performance
Outgoing Croatian President ends a decade in power
Russian migrant wins gold and silver medals for Slovakia
Montenegro PM wants to avoid foreign interference in drug dealer
case
The Kurent mask – a Shrovetide tradition from Slovenija
Russia-Belarus oil supplies protocol ratified
country &
topic index
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Sussex branch AGM
7 December 2009
The 2009 university travel bursaries
commemorating François Duchêne
were announced on 9 May, and reports on last year's work heard.
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.
Letters in Sussex newspapers
Book reviews |
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Issues during the Swedish EU Presidency
Per Augustsson, Deputy Head of Mission at the Swedish Embassy,
discussed some of the key issues at a lunch on 12 October 2009.
click for a summary
Behind the Czech EU Presidency
Zdeněk Kavan, Lecturer in International Relations at
the University of Sussex, gave an insight into Czech society and politics, which provide a
context for the Czech Presidency of the EU.
Click here to see a summary of
his talk and the lively round of questions and answers that followed.
The EU Presidency of France
Diégo Colas, Conseiller politique - Ambassade de France à
Londres, described some of the key issues facing the French Presidency of the EU in 2008.
click for some notes on his talk
Life after Lisbon
On 23 May 2008 a seminar looked at issues following from the Treaty of
Lisbon.
click for a review of some key issues
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