York for Europe

York for Europe's Mission

We maintain that the UK, having left the EU, will have its best interests served by retaining a close as possible relationship with the EU, its peoples and its cultures. This site will serve as a bulletin board, a village pump, and information and interest exchange. The aim of this site it to keep alive our already close ties with the countries of Europe which, we maintain, were more easily facilitated when the UK was a member of the EU. We will also share any difficulties that arise from terminating membership and solutions to problems where they exist. Also, we will share advantages of leaving the union should they arise...

“Our fight continues....
We are standing up for European rights, standards and values in the UK”

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A gastronomic message from our Secretary, Martin

Dear European friends wherever you live,

We had a good response to our request for favourite Christmas recipes from across Europe and so we’d like to repeat the invitation for Easter. Any recipes that that you associate with Easter itself or spring more generally would be welcome. We’d like to hear from Europeans whether they live in or outside the UK. Please send the ingredients list and the recipe, ideally with a pic of where you live and a pic of the food itself.

Easter in York

Send your recipe

Enjoy the holiday and eating whatever food you like to celebrate Easter or spring.

IMPORTANT

As things stand, European nationals living in the UK can vote in the local upcoming elections, providing they have registered.

link to the Government website

European Nationals in the UK - make sure you have registered to vote in local elections.

Monthly meeting of York for Europe

The next general meeting for York for Europe supporters will be on Wednesday 5th April 2023 at 19.30, and will be held on Zoom.

Zoom link for the meeting. Click and wait to be admitted... to join the meeting follow this link at 19.25

The National Rejoin March

March 25th 2023

A great opportunity to meet up and mix with the local people and visitors.

See our pictures during the march

Saturday 18th March 2023 at 7.30pm
University of York Choir celebrates Italian music! Reining in the Donkey...

This musical event took place as part of the Festival of Europe on 25th September 2022.

for photos and report

video shown at the event

York for Europe organised a musical event in celebration of our links with our twin cities of Münster and Dijon. The event was part of the nationwide Festival of Europe. Historically, artistic and creative links between European countries have been important for cultural and economic development across the continent.

We asked our twin cities to invite local groups to record some music of their choice. We hoped the result would be an interesting mix of musical types and so it has turned out. And so it was - something for every musical taste. We played the recording for over ninety minutes; it was projected on the big screen.

If you do nothing else today, watch Femi explain, and prove with JRM's help, the flaw of Brexit....

Welcome to york sign showing recent Twin additions.

Follow this link for some photographs of all the Welcome to the City of York signs

York for Europe and the York Twinning Committees of Dijon and Münster have been working with Cllr Christian Vassie and staff of York Council to see the Twin Cities acknowledged on our welcome signs. The entire project has been financed by donations from York for Europe and the Twinning Committees. Full marks to the Council and CPMedia for a prompt and impressive job well done.

Some other recent links

York Anglo-Scandinavian Society ...holds a wide range of events all the year round find out more...
Home Office’s European Union Settlement Scheme ruled unlawful

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Please donate to the York for Europe campaign. We are totally self funded and need your support more than ever. Covid has reduced our opportunities to meet people on the street. Please donate here. You do not need a PayPal account.

Browse our European book reviews....

....for example:

Algeria was not the only French colony in North Africa…….read this fresco-in-words depiction of Morocco in the ten years up to independence in 1956: “Le pays des autres” (Other People’s Country) by Leïla Slimani. the full review

Spoil yourself with our European Recipes

These recipes have been sent in by friends and supporters. Have you got a European favourite for us? see our page of all-year and Christmas favourites

...and share your own

We are seeking input from "For Europe" groups nationally. Already we have some from Kent, Ukraine and Italy!"

What others say about Europe....

Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central:

The negotiation framework in the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement gives us an opportunity to build a strong and creative relationship with the EU and we should work together to now shape that future.
Having a source of information in York is so important for us to look at this from a local perspective.”

Cllr Keith Aspden, Leader of the City of York Council:

We may no longer be members of the European Union, but York and the UK will always be part of Europe. Our futures, like our histories, remain inevitably intertwined.
We must make sure we work together with our European partners to support our businesses and residents through what continues to be a very challenging time for us all.”

The ex-Mayor of York, Chris Cullwick:

In the wake of this last turbulent year, it is even more important to us as the incoming Civic Party that we build on these links of friendship and cooperation. Anything we can do to help in this regard we are keen to do. Indeed it is our hope that we might participate in exchanges ourselves when this becomes possible.”
The Lord Mayor’s statement was warmly welcomed by the York-Dijon Twinning Group and the York-Münster Twinning Association.

The Mayor of Münster,

Markus Lewe, has expressed his continued support for our twinning with Münster in the three-minute video-message here

The Mayor of Dijon,

François Rebsamen, has expressed his care and concerns for the citizens of both our cities, here

Explore York for Europe's trail “York in Europe, Europe in York”

The trail explores York’s European heritage through the markers of 19 European countries in the city - buildings, businesses, communities, individual stories and belongings
~ from Italy to Iceland, France to Finland, Portugal to Poland, Sweden to Slovakia and Norway to the Netherlands

Showing their concern for the people of Ukraine: a banner of sunflowers and words of support spelled out in buttons by the Foxycrafters handicraft group in Foxwood, York.

With thanks to Sue Galloway.

Do you know the RADIO GARDEN site?

Listen to spirited music from our brave friends in Kiev from their radio stations with internet outlets. This is Radio Trek.

Follow this link to tune in to a source of worldwide live radio. Roam the globe - drag the map - stop over the glowing dots. Many Russian stations are still accessible...