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It is disappointing that the Prime Minister will not push for a referendum now, nor will he even begin the process of negotiations in this Parliament. David Cameron’s strategy, seeking to...

Roger Helmer MEP Melanie Phillips                   Click here to listen online to Roger Helmer MEP {podcast id=196} Click here to...

Gerard Batten MEP On Tuesday, 9th February 2010, MEPs vote on whether to accept the proposed new EU Commissioners. If approved Baroness Cathy Ashton will become the EU’s Foreign Affairs...

Professor Tim Congdon Bruges Group research shows that the EU’s financial regulations are set to destroy thousands of well-paid jobs in the City of London. The EU now threatens the long...

British taxpayers will lose at least £9.7 billion due to rulings by the European Court of Justice. Commentators on the HSBC SDRT case have suggested that it will cost up to £5 billion,...

Barry Legg, Co-Chairman of the Bruges Group and former Chief Executive of the Conservative Party, issued the following statement in response to David Cameron’s post-Lisbon press...

The Bruges Group made the following statement in response to the news that David Cameron intends to renege on his pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty Barry Legg Barry Legg,...

Conservative Party Conference Fringe Meeting Simon Heffer Peter Hitchens Barry Legg Click here to listen to the podcasts Barry Legg{podcast id=104} Simon Heffer{podcast id=106} Peter...

Press Release: For Immediate ReleaseADIEU-EPP.com Robert Oulds Dr Lee Rotherham For the past 15 years, Conservative MEPs have been shackled to a political group that does not share their beliefs...

Press Release: For Immediate Release Cameron must act quickly or risk losing credibility Robert Oulds Mr Cameron's pledge was to leave the EPP within a matter of days. Those days became a gap...

PRESS RELEASE AND INVITATIONEmbargoed until midnight 19th MayWednesday, 20th May - 6.45pm for 7.00pm Sir Andrew Green KCMG Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migrationwatch UK, will speak to the...

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND THE EU Fraser Nelson Stuart Wheeler Click here to listen online to Stuart Wheeler and Fraser Nelson {podcast id=180} STUART WHEELER Stuart Wheeler is a retired...

Press Release: For Immediate Release CAMERON RETREATS ON REFERENDUM Barry Legg The apparent decision by David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party, to allow Kenneth Clarke to return to...

Damon Lambert After the EU agreed its 'Economic Recovery Plan' José Manuel Barroso said “Europe has passed its credibility test”. Yet, in the paper The EU’s Credibility...

Gerard Batten MEP The price of the combined direct and indirect expenses of EU membership in 2008 costs Britain £55.775 billion. Set out in the latest Bruges Group research by UKIP MEP...

ADDRESS BY NORMAN TEBBIT TO THE BRUGES SPEECH 20th ANNIVERSARY DINNER   Click here to listen online to Lord Tebbit {podcast id=134} On Monday, 27th October 2008 the Bruges Group...

How proposed changes to corporation tax will damage the UK economy by reducing GDP by £73 billion and cutting future investment in Britain by £58.4 billion over 10 years Damon...

Press Release: For Immediate Release Margaret Thatcher’s speech is as true today as it was twenty years ago Robert Oulds Saturday, 20th September 2008 was the twentieth anniversary of...

Press Release: For Immediate Release Professor Ken Minogue   As we look at the way our country is governed now and compare it with the situation around the time of the Second World War, we...

Press Release: For Immediate ReleaseBruges Group calls upon EU to obey its own rules Calls upon the UK Prime Minister to agree to a referendum Robert Oulds The main British eurosceptic...

Press Release: For Immediate Release Robert Oulds Everyone, including politicians, agrees that red tape stifles the economy. Unnecessary and preventative regulation, based on no data or...

Robert Oulds Bruges Group says MPs must understand their position. There is one way politicians can start the process of regaining public trust, said the eurosceptic think-tank, the Bruges...

Gerard Batten MEP Christopher Booker Bernard Connolly Dr Anthony Coughlan Marc Henri Glendenning Roger Helmer MEP Martin Howe QC Dr Ruth Lea CBE Cllr Steve Radford The Rt Hon. John Redwood...

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate ReleaseDavid Miliband fails to set out a realistic vision Robert Oulds On Thursday, 15th November, the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband MP, made a speech on the...

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release Dr Lee Rotherham The European Union Court of Auditors releases it’s key assessment on how our money is spent by the EU. In a damning indictment of the...

PRESS RELEASE Robert Oulds Dr Lee Rotherham Two years ago the Bruges Group predicted the path of the EU treaty and warned of the consequences of railroading integration on Britain. Now the...

PRESS RELEASE Robert Oulds Gordon Brown’s surrender in Portugal will sign Britain up to a Treaty that will allow the European Union to undermine the last vestiges of Britain’s...

PRESS RELEASE New EU Constitution Threat to UK Border ControlMore breaches of the Government’s Red Lines Robert Oulds The Bruges Group has uncovered that the revived and renamed EU...

THE CONSTITUTION - RETURNS Robert Oulds What a surprise – it is the same as the EU Constitution Bruges Group says “this is the constitutional treaty in all but name” As the...

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release Robert Oulds As the Conservative Party Conference gets underway the Bruges Group calls for the Conservative Party to stand firm on the subject of the...

Gerard Batten MEP Gordon Brown's Government is handing-over billions of pounds of taxpayers' money to the EU.The combined direct and indirect costs of EU membership costs every man, women and child...

PRESS RELEASEfor immediate release Bruges Group says Council has broken EU rules Dr Helen Szamuely No need for Constitution – European Union has this weekend abandoned its...

Robert Oulds PRESS RELEASEfor immediate release Referring directly to the once thought dead EU Constitution the IGC mandate agreement, under the guise of bringing forth a new treaty to reform the...

Tuesday 1st May 2007, is the Tercentenary of the founding of Great Britain. The Bruges Group will be hosting a gala dinner to mark this auspicious date, and to send a powerful message to those...

BETTER OFF OUT! OKAY, WHAT NEXT? Developing policies for a post-EU BritainSaturday, 18th November 2006at King’s College London (see map below) On Saturday, the Bruges Group will be holding...

The European Union Court of Auditors key assessment on how our money is spent. In a damning indictment of the Brussels institutions, the clear message of the EU’s very own Court of Auditors...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.com NO TIME TO BACK DOWNThe EPP Misalliance Dr Lee Rotherham "It would burst the Cameron bubble for good" In the face of questions on the future Conservative...

Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release Robert Oulds The European Court of Juctice ruling delivered on Tuesday, 16th May regarding the case of Yvonne Watts, who because of the long NHS waiting lists...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.comFor Immediate Release On Thursday, 6th April 2006 the Advocate General issued an opinion today, which if followed by the European Court of Justice, will poke...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.comFor Immediate ReleaseEU encroaches on the NHS THE YVONNE WATTS CASEThe EU and Health Care Robert Oulds The Advocate General on Thursday, 15th December,...

Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseEU forces changes to British tax law THE MARKS & SPENCER CASEThe European Court of Justice and Taxation Robert Oulds  Today the ECJ ruled on British...

The Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick Press Release: Embargoed until Midnight, Saturday, 2nd July 2005 Logo embarrassment for Government Lord Lamont demands answers from Jack Straw for possible...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.com> Bruges Group paper launch andPetition to Tony Blair Conservative MPs and the Bruges Group deliver a petition to No. 10 Downing Street demanding that the...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.comPhoto opportunity Petition to No. 10 Downing Street at 11.00am Conservative MPs and the Bruges Group to deliver a petition to No. 10 Downing Street at...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.comComment on Jack Straw's Referendum statement A referendum is still urgently neededThe British people still need to be consulted on the EU Constitution At 3.30...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.comComment on the French Referendumand the EU Constitution The Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick Lord Lamont, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, British...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.comElection analysis The effect of UKIP/Veritas EU issue deprived Conservatives of 27 seats Dr Richard North The incredible, untold story of the general...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.comThe election issue should be Who Governs Britain? Robert Oulds To highlight the importance of the European question as an election issue a senior member of...

Press Release from www.brugesgroup.comEurope's last chance: The Bottom Line Proposals for the Conservative Party The Conservatives’ policy on the EU is to oppose the Constitution, while...

Twenty-five heads of state and government gather in Rome today to sign the “second” Treaty of Rome that will, in their estimation, complete the work of the first one. The “ever...

PRESS RELEASE:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Today's decision by the European Court of Justice reveals the power vacuum at the heart of the European Union's aspirations", - says Professor Tim Congdon...

The Bruges Group's Latest Paper Examining the EU's Militarist Ambitions The EU is not being honest about the role of its proposed Galileo satellite-positioning system.  It consistently...

The propaganda war over the final text of the EU Constitution has started. Tony Blair in his official statement predictably claimed that the constitution was a "success for Britain and a success for...

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, 29TH APRIL 2004 The Bruges Group welcomed the former Communist states ten years ago, when they re-joined Europe in the way it really mattered: by...

Robert Oulds PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, 31st MARCH 2004 Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, threatens the European Court of Justice with the UK's withdrawal from the European...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The UK is increasingly in the position where we cannot take action to improve health care without first tackling the ‘European’ question. The NHS is set to suffer...

The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, 9TH DECEMBER 2003 Oliver Letwin, MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaking to a Bruges Group seminar on the economic consequences...

The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, 9TH DECEMBER 2003 Oliver Letwin, MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaking to a Bruges Group seminar on the economic consequences...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The fourth of the Bruges Group’s papers on the draft EU Constitution dissects the threat it poses to Britain’s legal system. Oliver Letwin exposes one of the least...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2003 The third of the Bruges Group’s papers on the draft EU Constitution studies the cloak of subsidiarity – the Eurospeak term – used...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The second of the Bruges Group's papers on the draft EU Constitution looks at its probable economic consequences. Bill Jamieson, economic journalist, author of numerous books...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2003 The EU Inter-Governmental Conference will begin in Rome on Saturday, 4th October 2003. Therefore, the Bruges Group has commissioned a leading...

The PM stated that he had not given up the option of taking Britain into the euro. And yet Tony Blair, seemingly in the throes of a massive mea culpa, still cannot recognise the basic truth –...

Dr Lee Rotherham Today, Valery Giscard d'Estaing will present his draft Constitution to Silvio Berlusconi in Rome. This marks the close of the European Convention. However, Bruges Group...

Robert Oulds As the Convention on the future of Europe completes the draft EU Constitution it must be considered that there is a positive alternative to EU centralisation. The European Union, as a...

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has submitted the draft EU Constitution in Thessalonica. There is, however, an alternative. The European Union must adopt root and branch reform as set-out by the...

EMBARGOED UNTIL MIDNIGHT 10th JUNE 2003 Mr Oliver Letwin will discuss the EU Constitution and the threat it poses to Britain’s legal system. Mr Letwin will also increase the pressure on the...

The Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9th JUNE 2003 Statement by Lord Lamont of Lerwick, Co-Chairman of the Bruges Group on the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s statement on...

End the uncertainty and rule-out the euro for all-time Embargoed until midnight 8th June 2003 The euro is a political project designed to bind European nations together in a European state. In the...

The latest proposals from Valery Giscard d'Estaing's blueprint for federation by another name has just been published. This Constitution, if adopted, will not only hand more power to remote and...

The EU Constitution is not just a matter of EU governance and democracy. It will also restrict human rights. Article 54 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Article 5 in the draft Constitution, can...

Robert Oulds The Extradition Bill, currently being debated in the House of Lords, which encompasses the EU Arrest Warrant is a prime example of this Government’s and the EU’s contempt...

Robert Oulds Looking back over the 30 years since Britain joined the European Union (the anniversary is 1st January 2003) it is clear that membership has undermined our democracy and resulted in...

The Bruges Group, wholeheartedly supports the first democratically elected leader of the Conservative Party, Iain Duncan Smith. He gained the overwhelming support of the Party because he, unlike his...

The Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick Norman Lamont said the Prime Minister seemed determined to ignore the lessons of the past:- “The Prime Minister has said it would be folly to refuse to...

“Only recently the European Commission has appointed the Czech PR Agency “Via Perfecta ”to be in charge of the EU information and communication strategy in the Czech Republic (and...

The Bruges Group's publication, Federalist Thought Control: The Brussels Propaganda Machine, exposes that the European Union is spending at least €250m on subsidising pro-EU groups and...

On The Day Parliament Debates Europe… The Bruges Group stages a press conference launching the paper Federalist Thought ControlThe Brussels Propaganda Machine The EU’s funding of...

EMBARGOED UNTIL: Midnight 8th May 2002 “On 9th May 1950 the first move was made towards the creation of what is now known as the European Union. This day celebrates, in the words of the...

Release date: 27th March 2002FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A timely warning is made in this much-needed paper published by the Bruges Group. Disregarding the conventional media obsession with...

The Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick EMBARGOED UNTIL: Midnight 31st December 2001 As the citizens of Europe wake up to the reality of what their politicians have committed themselves to, Britain...

"European Union and the Politics of Culture"Dr. Cris Shore As the Laeken Summit has made another ill-thought-out move towards the creation of a European state, despite acknowledging that the...

“The events of September 11, far from proving that closer EU integration is the way forward for the UK, seem to suggest that the UK follow an entirely different direction. This crisis...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the fundamental reason why our involvement with ‘Europe’ has introduced into our politics a culture of deceit which is quite new in our history,...

The Bruges Group feel that the PM’s desire to see Britain incorporated into a Federal Europe will most certainly lead him to hold a referendum that he can not win. A two-to-one majority of...

The Bruges Group applauds the election of Iain Duncan Smith as leader of the Conservative Party. The terrible events in America have reminded all of us of our profound ties and friendship with the...

IDS will carry on the great tradition of Margaret Thatcher, who managed to be the most successful and popular peacetime leader in the Party’s history without ever watering down her...

Clarke is deluding himself that the Conservative Party lost the election because of its Eurosceptic policies. What is more, he is a Europhile extremist. Kenneth Clarke consistently denies that a...

46.13% Yes - 53.87% No Ahern’s misleading and slanderous attacks fail. Despite dirty tricks from the Britain in Europe lobby, and a rash of slanderous allegations from the Irish Prime...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10th April 2001The Metric Martyr Judgement - The Constitutional Implications Lord Lamont Vice-President of the Bruges Group says: "...this case was a tragic, illiberal,...

Tony Blair's assertion that if there was a Referendum on the euro tomorrow then he would vote "No" is incredulous and disingenuous. Such a statement from a man who just last week in Warsaw was...

Last night's stunning Danish No Vote spectacularly vindicates the Bruges Group's approach to the Danish Referendum. This despite a dirty tricks campaign by Britain in Europe which resulted in false...

The Rt Hon. John Redwood MP "The proposed Nice Treaty would do what Guy Fawkes failed to do - blow up parliamentary government in Britain. Conservatives must pledge to oppose it lock, stock and...

The Bruges Group publishes its new Occasional Paper , by Martin Holmes, on 24th March. The paper is a hard-hitting analytical appraisal of William Hague's European policy since he became Leader of...