ED BLOG | Borders, Precedence and Brexit
Perhaps the knottiest conundrum of Brexit are the competing dynamics of movement and blockage represented by exits and borders. Though…
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Removing Barriers from Berlin to Belcoo
In April this year, during a visit to Farmleigh House, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke about her experience of borders:…
The European Union and the Good Friday Agreement: the EU’s involvement in peace
At the end of the First World War, the official war artist and Irishman, William Orpen, was commissioned to paint…
“Singapore-upon-Thames”: A buccaneering Britain after Brexit?
While the economic conditions that Britain will pursue outside the EU remain uncertain and can only be guessed by peering…
A Churchillian Brexit
In November 1942, following the British rebuff of the German army at El Alamein in Egypt, then-UK Prime Minister Winston…
Best Supporting Actor? The EU’s evolving role in the Coronavirus crisis
MOST FILM CRITICS would probably agree that Paul Giamatti is a great actor, admired for his range of roles in…
From Helsinki to Brussels to Dublin – Reflections on the EU
While we were unable to meet in person over the last few months, we at European Movement Ireland have held…
Finding the Right Words: Why Communication is Central to Europe’s Future
COVID-19 has had an unparalleled impact on the way in which we work, a survey by Eurofound – a European…
Hopes and Expectations of the State of the European Union 2020
Tomorrow, Wednesday, 16 September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her inaugural State of the Union address,…
Brexit may be bleak but Ireland has many allies throughout Europe and beyond
Brexit; it never really went away, but developments over the last number of weeks have certainly seen it come back…