The Single Market and British Withdrawal

The stark economic facts as to why the UK should leave the EU

The EC Customs Union dates to 1957. The Single European Act came into effect in 1992 and superimposed on the Customs Union a costly, tightly-regulated, supposedly harmonised internal market: the Single Market. The outsourcing to Brussels of the regulation of all the City’s financial markets, the Social Chapter, the Working Time Directive, Health and Safety and Tax Harmonisation: all are part of the pursuit of the Single Market.

Membership of the Single Market is often said to be vital for British trade. The facts suggest that that proposition is wrong.

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NEXT MEETING
Parliament, the EU and National Sovereignty

Britain’s democracy and sovereign independence, as well as our economic wellbeing, have been grievously wounded by the UK’s membership of the European Union. And according to many experts the Government’s EU Bill, contrary to what has been claimed for it, at best does little to address this and may actually weaken Parliamentary Sovereignty. To explore this the Bruges Group has instituted this meeting to discuss the important issues of Parliament, the EU and National Sovereignty. The speakers will be Bill Cash MP, Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee, and Peter Oborne, columnist for The Daily Telegraph and author of The Rise of Political Lying and The Triumph of the Political Class.

Thursday, 24th March 2011
6.45pm for 7pm

ADMISSION: £10 payable on the door or in advance
Including wine, orange juice, mineral water and nibbles

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