In this EM Ireland Brussels Branch special episode of Just the Chats, we sit down with Naomi O’Leary, Europe Correspondent of the Irish Times, and David Garrahy, Chair of the EM Ireland Brussels Branch for their insights and analysis from Brussels. We delve into how Ireland is seen in Brussels and across the EU, the…
The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill contains controversial proposals that will override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol. What path does it take through the UK legislative system? This Just the Facts explores the next steps in the parliamentary process of the bill. What is the UK Internal Market Bill? The Northern Ireland Protocol,…
EU Chief Brexit Negotiator announced as European of the Year at European Movement Ireland AGM 24 September 2020, Dublin: Head of Task Force for Relations with the UK, Michel Barnier, was announced as this year’s European Movement Ireland European of the Year at the organisation’s 2020 AGM held online this evening. European Movement Ireland’s…
Brexit; it never really went away, but developments over the last number of weeks have certainly seen it come back with a bang. Despite having negotiated and then ensured that the Withdrawal Agreement was approved by UK parliament earlier in January of this year, now, eight months later, the UK government seems to have embarked…
Tomorrow, Wednesday, 16 September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her inaugural State of the Union address, a speech delivered annually by the President of the European Commission to the European Parliament plenary. The address is intended as an instrument for accountability and a forum for discussion, and affords the President the…
During a turbulent year that has tested solidarity among EU Member States, the State of the Union address by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to the European Parliament will be watched keenly by citizens across Europe and further afield. This Just the Facts examines the importance of this annual event in the EU’s…
Dublin, Thursday 10 September 2020: European Movement Ireland together with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland and the European Commission Representation in Ireland held a webinar this morning ahead of the upcoming State of the Union debate in the European Parliament, to be opened by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 16 September…
Interactive Breakfast Webinar ahead of the State of the European Union Address Debate 📅 9:00am | Thursday, 10 September 2020 | Zoom Together with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland along with the European Commission Representation in Ireland, we are delighted to invite you to an interactive webinar with stakeholders and MEPs on the upcoming State…
For immediate release Dublin, 8 September 2020: EM Ireland wishes to congratulate Mairead McGuinness after this morning’s announcement by President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that she be appointed as Ireland’s next Commissioner-Designate with responsibility for Financial Services, Financial Stability and the Capital Markets Union. CEO of European Movement Ireland, Noelle O…
In this episode of Just the Chats, our CEO, Noelle O Connell sits down for a very special and important conversation with one of the few Holocaust survivors still living in Ireland, the renowned Tomi Reichental. Tomi talks us through his life story – from growing up as a child in Slovakia, to his time…