Just the Facts: UK General Election, June 2017
A parliamentary election took place in the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday, 8 June 2017. The Conservative Party had held a majority since the previous election in May 2015. Conservative…
French Presidential Elections 2017
Presidential elections took place in France over the course of two rounds in as many weeks, with the first round of voting taking place on Sunday, 23 April 2017. Outgoing President, François Hollande, had…
For the fifth year in a row….Irish primary school pupils lead the ‘Handshake for Europe’
Dublin, Tuesday, 9 May 2017: Primary school children throughout Ireland will today once again ‘shake hands across Europe’ to mark Europe Day, 9 May 2017. Nearly 165 schools with more…
Just the Facts: Special European Council on Article 50 Negotiations, 29 April 2017
On Saturday 29 April 2017, the EU27 leaders met in Brussels for a Special European Council where they adopted guidelines for the Article 50 negotiations on the withdrawal of the…
‘Ireland must play an active role in re-shaping the EU post-Brexit’
European Movement Ireland Statement on UK invoking Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union Dublin, Wednesday 29 March, 2017: In the wake of UK Prime Minister Theresa May invoking…
Just The Facts: The Rome Declaration
On Saturday 25 March 2017, the leaders of 27 EU Member States met in Rome, Italy, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. At the ceremony, EU…
60 years on from the Treaty of Rome
60 years ago this Saturday, the leaders of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, West Germany, the Netherlands and Italy gathered in the Palazzo dei Conservatori to sign the Treaty of Rome; it was the Treaty which…
Brexit – ‘All EU need to know’: Article 50 explained
What is Article 50? Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (EU) gives any EU Member State the right to leave the Union. Simply put, triggering Article 50 is…
UK Supreme Court rules there is no obligation to seek consent of the devolved administrations before triggering Article 50
Dublin, Tuesday 24 January, 2017: The UK’s Supreme Court has today upheld, by a majority vote of 8 judges to 3, the ruling that parliamentary approval is required to invoke…
Just the Facts: European Parliament Presidential Elections, January 2017
Elections took place in the European Parliament on Tuesday, 17 January 2017 to replace the outgoing President, Martin Schulz. President Schulz, a member of the Socialists and Democrats group, had…