In an initiative to mark Europe Day 2024, the European Movement in Scotland has brought together an outstanding cast of speakers and organisations from Scotland, the UK and Europe to deliver a stimulating and important weekend of talks, analysis, debate and conversation. The event is being held at Summerhall, Edinburgh on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May.
The two-day event will see discussion on big issues at the heart of the UK’s current and future relations with the EU. The subject range includes Scotland’s place in Europe; peace and security; settlement and EU citizen employment rights; democracy and the citizen; EU enlargement; European Parliament elections and much more. Admission is free and tickets for each of the events can be booked online.
David Clarke, chair of the European Movement in Scotland, says: “The weekend is a celebration of the strength of Europeanism in Scotland. It’s also an opportunity to ask where Scotland and the UK go in their relations with the EU.
“With our event partners, the Citizens Rights Group and New Europeans, we have assembled a powerful array of speakers and a programme that addresses matters of immediate concern and critically important issues the UK must address after the general election.”
Among the confirmed speakers are:
David Martin, former MEP and president of the European Movement in Scotland and a visiting professor at the University of Glasgow.
Former Liberal Democrat MEP, Sir Graham Watson, who is a professor at Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Toronto University.
Stephen Gethins, Professor of Practice in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and a former SNP MP.
Jo Shaw holds the Salvesen Chair of European Institutions at Edinburgh University and heads its Law School.
Brigid Laffan is an emeritus professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. She was previously professor of European Politics, University College Dublin.
The weekend will also hear from speakers from the European Movement in Scotland, Citizens’ Rights Project, New Europeans, Glasgow University Migrant Youth Research, Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the British Chambers of Commerce
For more information and booking follow the links below.