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Tel. +44 (0)20 7287 4414
Email. info@brugesgroup.com
The Bruges Group spearheaded the intellectual battle to win a vote to leave the European Union and, above all, against the emergence of a centralised EU state.
The Bruges Group spearheaded the intellectual battle to win a vote to leave the European Union and, above all, against the emergence of a centralised EU state.
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Bruges Group Blog

Spearheading the intellectual battle against the EU. And for new thinking in international affairs.
FTA Yes, But No, But NO!

When is Yes, NO?

When you think you have an agreement with the EU.  They are masters of the art of 'Non Tariff Trade Barriers'. Or simply ignoring agreements, as they did while we were members, and they refused to complete the Single Market in Services. Dan Richey of Riverfront Packing Company, Florida explained. "We still have this Draconian non-tar...

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mousetrap-5121477_1280 Yesw, It Is a Trap

Catch 22

In December 2025, Ursula von der Leyen had her summer clothes packed for a trip to Brazil. After twenty plus years the EU Mercosur (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) FTA had at last been agreed. Except, it wasn't. In the weird world of the EU, the old saying "There's many a slip twixt cup and lip" comes into its own. Members of the EU,...

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Tel: 020 7287 4414
Chairman: Barry Legg
 
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KEY PERSONNEL
 
Founder President :
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven LG, OM, FRS 
Vice-President : The Rt Hon. the Lord Lamont of Lerwick,
Chairman: Barry Legg
Director : Robert Oulds MA, FRSA
Washington D.C. Representative : John O'Sullivan CBE
Founder Chairman : Lord Harris of High Cross
Head of Media: Jack Soames