The next General Meeting of York for Europe will be on Monday 23rd March at 19.30 by Zoom
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REJOIN EVENTS
There are many events all over the country in 2026. Follow this link for the latest details. We will also be giving more information on this site and via our e mails.
The main march will be on Saturday 20th June in London
What is Creative Europe?
“Creative Europe” is a programme that provides a variety of support including funding to all areas of the creative industries.
website: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe It is potentially a huge source of funding for all sectors of the UK creative industries. The UK was a member until we left the EU. During its last complete funding cycle (2014–2019), a total of 609 projects involving UK organisations received €203 million.
“Creative Europe” has 41 members, some outside the EU, including Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Ukraine and Tunisia, so the UK is eligible to re-join.
According to the European Commission, it is technically possible for the UK to join the “Creative Europe” programme from 2027, provided that the UK government formally declares its interest in doing so to the European Commission by May 2026.
The government seems to need a push as these two contradictory statements show: in November of 2024, this article appeared stating that the UK Government was in talks to rejoin Creative Europe: https://www.indoku.co.uk/2024/11/22/uk-government-in-talks-to-rejoin-creative-europe-media-program/However, in April of last year this link informs us that the current UK Government has no plans to rejoin Creative Europe: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-28/48592
PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION TO UNLOCK EU FUNDING FOR THE UK’S CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
At the end of January this year, a petition asking the Government to contact the European Commission by May 2026 to signal its wish to rejoin “Creative Europe” was started: https://www.openpetition.org/uk/petition/online/united-kingdom-to-join-the-creative-europe-programme-from-2027 PLEASE CLICK AND SIGN
COULD YOU ALSO DROP A LINE TO YOUR MP ABOUT THIS?
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Has Brexit affected your business??
Dear Friends
Do you own or run a business in the York area? York for Europe would like find out how Brexit has affected your ability to keep alive, run or grow your business. If you’d be willing to talk to us, please e mail us
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We look forward to hearing from you.
Martin Brooks
David Wilson
2024 Celebrating Impact Prize for the EU Rights and Brexit Hub
York University's Professor Charlotte O'Brien
The EU Rights and Brexit Hub is the first of its kind: a nation-wide, legal action research hub. It is an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional, multi-method three-year project investigating how Brexit affects the social rights of EU/EEA nationals in the UK. It is funded by an ESRC large Governance After Brexit Grant.
Do revisit our Facebook interview with Professor O'Brien a couple of years ago, here
... and see more about the award here on YouTube...
anti-social media
Professor Juliet Lodge considers a European perspective and reports on Musk's altercation with the EU.
Monday 19th January 19.00 saw a Yorkshire regional zoom meeting with Richard Corbett CBE, ex MEP. It is a very helpful, must-see, analysis of the difficult position the various parties in the post Brexit debate given by a proven expert in the field. Watch our recording of this on YouTube....
Free movement of EU citizens and their family members: An overview
Directive 2004/38/EC (also known as the Citizens' Rights Directive or alternatively the Free Movement Directive) establishes the conditions under which European Union (EU) citizens and their family members.
Survival Notes - page under construction - assistance with links for travellers to the EU and EU citizens in the UK
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.
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