Author: ianbartle

Online Euro Café, Guest Speaker Ped Asgarian, Propagating a New Food System: for People and the Planet, Sunday 6th September, 2pm

August 28, 2020

This month’s Pulse of Europe/Euro Cafe will feature guest speaker Ped Asgarian, who will talk about ‘Propagating a New Food System: for People and the Planet.’ Brexit will have a profound impact on food and farming in the UK, particularly as it coincides with other challenges facing food production including environmental factors and climate change. … More Online Euro Café, Guest Speaker Ped Asgarian, Propagating a New Food System: for People and the Planet, Sunday 6th September, 2pm

Online event with Ian Dunt.‘How to be a Liberal: The six lies of nationalism’, Wednesday 23rd September, 8-9pm. Co-hosted with Cambridge for Europe

August 12, 2020

Across the world, nationalism is on the rise. Right-wing populists have taken hold of some of the most powerful countries, including the US, UK, India, Brazil, Italy, and Hungary. The best way to counter them is to renew our confidence in liberal beliefs of freedom and reason. Liberalism is currently fractured and unfashionable – mocked … More Online event with Ian Dunt.‘How to be a Liberal: The six lies of nationalism’, Wednesday 23rd September, 8-9pm. Co-hosted with Cambridge for Europe

Online event with Professor Michael Dougan, ‘The New Tories and their Extremist Brexit: What Comes Next?’, Wednesday 12th August, 6-7.30pm

July 27, 2020

After its victory in the December 2019 election, Johnson’s radicalised Conservative Party succeeded in implementing the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.  But leaving the EU was the easy part.  Now, a large number of complex and controversial policy choices, international negotiations and domestic challenges have to be addressed.  And so far, the evidence suggests … More Online event with Professor Michael Dougan, ‘The New Tories and their Extremist Brexit: What Comes Next?’, Wednesday 12th August, 6-7.30pm

Online Euro Café, Sunday, August 2nd, 2pm – ‘A Twinning Revival and strengthening our links with Europe’

July 24, 2020

Join Bath for Europe on Sunday, August 2nd from 2 to 3pm to hear Marian McNeir MBE, former Mayor of Bath, talk on ‘A twinning revival – strengthening our links with Europe.’ Bath is twinned with four European cities: Braunschweig, Alkmaar, Kaposvar and Aix-en-Provence, of which Marian chairs the twinning committee. This should be a … More Online Euro Café, Sunday, August 2nd, 2pm – ‘A Twinning Revival and strengthening our links with Europe’

Embarking on a journey across Europe – meeting refugees in Calais

February 27, 2020

By Mary Allan. Like many people who felt European and believed in the EU as the best option for our times, I was devastated at the result of the 2016 referendum. However, the unfolding of the politics over the next 3 years proved even more mind-bendingly awful and coupled with being made redundant at the … More Embarking on a journey across Europe – meeting refugees in Calais

‘Rejoining: How & When?’ A. C. Grayling, Tuesday, 18th February 2020, 7.00-9.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm), Widcombe Social Club

January 11, 2020

A. C. Grayling reminds us a week is a long time in politics, and there is every possibility of turning things around to rejoin the EU. The last time Bath for Europe hosted A. C. Grayling was in February 2017, when he was given a standing ovation for his passionate and inspiring talk on ‘Fighting … More ‘Rejoining: How & When?’ A. C. Grayling, Tuesday, 18th February 2020, 7.00-9.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm), Widcombe Social Club