- 06, 15, 2016
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- EU Referendum, Robert Innes
From Newcastle to Ypres and back again
Robert Innes warns that while the referendum on the EU does provide the opportunity for the expression of frustration and anger with the Westminster elite, a vote to leave could determine not just the future of Britain but the future of the European continent, for decades to come.
Read More- 05, 23, 2016
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- Belonging, Francis Campbell, Identity, Values
Rediscovering Europe’s values
Whatever the results of the June referendum, the challenges facing Europe’s leaders will persist. Francis Campbell makes the case that rediscovering the values that have shaped Europe would help leaders with a grapple with the challenges whether that be the debt crisis or the refugee crisis. He argues that if we can look beyond our differences and guard our national interests less jealously, we will see that every EU citizen has shared values and a common identity and a commitment to live within and promote a shared pluralist space.
Read More- 05, 10, 2016
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- Joost Röselaers, Peace
Defending Europe’s peace
In this blog, Joost Röselaers, a minister of the Dutch Church in London, makes the case that faced with a series of unprecedented crises we need more Europe not less. As part of this effort he argues for the development of a EU army to defend Europe’s peace against Russian aggression and Islamic terrorism.
Read More- 04, 06, 2016
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- Patrick Curran, Postcard from...
Postcard from Vienna
Writing from Vienna, Patrick Curran laments that a vote to simply stay in the European Union without a change of attitude is only a short-term gain unless a positive and constructively critical narrative is allowed to emerge, which in turn will strengthen the European Union for all her citizens and those who live on her borders. The Eurosceptics will not be satisfied until sovereignty has been restored to Westminster.
Read More- 03, 23, 2016
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- David Chillingworth, EU Referendum, Identity
Managing complex identities - the modern European
David Chillingworth, the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, explores the question of Brexit from the perspective of an Irish person who now regards Scotland as home. He makes the case that small nations with distinctive identities respond positively to the idea that they can also be part of something much bigger, which is why Scotland seems to be more pro-EU than the rest of Britain. For the same reason he holds that it would be in our best interests if a Brexit were to lead to the break-up of the UK. He makes clear that he will vote for Britain to remain in the EU but he questions whether the referendum campaign with its complexity of different issues is really the best way of deciding this issue.
Read More- 03, 02, 2016
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- Brandon, solidarity, Subsidiarity
Subsidiarity, solidarity and responsibility
Guy Brandon takes a closer look at catholic social teaching and the principles of subsidiarity, solidarity and responsibility. In or Out of Europe, these principles are hugely challenging. He makes the case that stay in and we will continue to surrender some of our autonomy, forced to put up with whatever imperfections remain after the renegotiation process. Leave and we lose our seat at the table, potentially waving goodbye to any control over what happens on our doorstep.
Read More- 02, 16, 2016
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- Innes, Unity and Diversity
A matter of hearts as well as minds
In his latest contribution from Brussels, Bishop Robert Innes - the Bishop in Europe - makes the case that we need to vote with both our hearts and our minds when it comes to the EU referendum. Nobody suggests that the EU’s structures are perfect, but the EU is a matter of give and take, and there is much which Britain can both give and receive from close relationships with its European neighbours
Read More- 12, 11, 2015
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- Belonging, Identity, Tim Livesey, Values
Staying calm in a crisis
Huge external pressures are suddenly bearing in on the technocratic project that is Europe, laying bear a worryingly thin veneer of shared values and common cultural responses to perceived, or real, external threats. Former diplomat Tim Livesey makes the case that the EU will only be able to respond effectively to the multiple crises it faces if it holds firm to its values. Razor wire alone will not solve the problems.
Read More- 12, 10, 2015
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- Forgiveness, Francis Campbell, Peace, Reconciliation
The fragility of European unity
The achievement of a lasting peace between former enemies has undoubtedly been the great success of the European project, but as Sir Francis Campbell explores in this blog this strength has masked a deeper fagility that is slowly being exposed by a series of political and economic crises.
Read More- 12, 07, 2015
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- Belonging, Dave Landrum, Identity, Values
Never closer union?
The challenge for Christians in the EU debate writes Dave Landrum is to intelligently and relentlessly expose the sandy foundations of ever closer union, and to present a vision for a plural, hospitable and harmonious Europe bonded and informed by its core, historic Christian identity – because Jesus is (quite literally) the hope of the nations.
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