A centre-right organisation committed to strengthening political, economic, social, environmental, and security cooperation between the UK & continental Europe.
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CEF Patron and former Immigration Minister @LordKirkhope presses the Govt on the urgent need to restore the UK's access to Eurodac and SIS II at the forthcoming 🇬🇧🇪🇺 Summit 👇
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1/ The Conservative European Forum has long argued for stronger collective European defence and security. European democracies have within our power the ability to act for our own defence if we choose to. This means being prepared to have difficult conversations with the electorate about the trade-offs required and a greater sense of strategic urgency than is evident today.
Jun 12
European defence stock rally goes into reverse on funding concerns ft.trib.al/rUuGDRO
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4/ Our defence must be funded properly, and it must be funded at pace. Industry warned for years how long it takes to build capacity at scale, with many of those warnings having been ignored by the Govt.
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5/ The plan that has been set out by the @Conservatives is welcome, by committing 3% of GDP by 2030 and a £17bn Sovereign Defence Fund to back UK defence firms. As @KemiBadenoch has said, rearming 🇬🇧 cannot wait.
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Conservative European Forum retweeted
Jun 12
There is only one way for Keir Starmer to come back from this: find the £28bn that John Healey was demanding
Jun 11
"It's actually a very sad day for British politics"
Former Conservative chancellor Jeremy Hunt reacts to John Healey's resignation as defence secretary
#PoliticsLive: bbc.in/4vHiWpl
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This is the wrong answer to a serious and complex challenge.
Migrants are not ‘illegal’ until they have had their asylum claim refused, which is dependent upon their ability to make a claim in the first place.
It also misses the bigger picture, that many countries refuse to take back their nationals. The answer is a new European Sanctions Regime to ensure anyone in the UK illegally can be removed straight away.
Read our report at conservativeeuropeanforum.co…
Jun 10
If I were Home Secretary, anyone entering the UK illegally would be removed immediately.
No right to stay. No loopholes. No exceptions.
Secure the borders. Protect the public.
#UKPolitics #Immigration #BorderSecurity #LawAndOrder #PublicSafety
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Conservative European Forum retweeted
New EU return rules agreed #migrationEU.
Swifter, effective procedures to return those with no right to stay in the EU. Stronger safeguards.
@EUCouncil and @Europarl_EN agreement will strengthen the EU's migration and asylum system.
 🔗 Read more: link.europa.eu/HxhkyD
Jun 1
Today’s agreement on new return rules marks an important step in the reform of the European migration management system. With the new rules, we have more control over who can come to the EU, who can stay, and who needs to leave.
ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…
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Conservative European Forum retweeted
I welcome the trilogue agreement that delivers a swifter, simpler, and more effective policy for returning non-EU nationals with no right to stay—all while strictly upholding fundamental rights and international law.
ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…
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Conservative European Forum retweeted
Jun 2
I enjoyed chairing today's All Party Parliamentary Group on Europe discussion ahead of the next UK/EU summit with Sir Julian Knight, Sir Vince Cable, and Leena Linnis from the European Parliament UK office. Very Interesting meeting @ConsEurope @EUinUK
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CEF Patron & Europe APPG Co-Chair @LordKirkhope today chaired a meeting with @JulianBKing, @LeenaLinnus and @vincecable on UK–EU security & defence cooperation, with further discussion on European Parliament perspectives and business priorities for the next phase of UK–EU relations.
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Former Lord Chancellor @RobertBuckland says ECHR membership isn't pivotal to UK immigration policy, which is mainly governed by other conventions and domestic law. Withdrawal would threaten NI stability and the 🇬🇧🇪🇺 trade deal. The UK should seek reform, not start a lengthy exit process 👇
Read our new report at conservativeeuropeanforum.co….
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This is not only unworkable and divisive rhetoric from @ZiaYusufUK - far from securing our borders, it would jeopardise the UK's national security.
The @Conservatives must now offer a credible alternative and drop proposals to leave the ECHR.
Read our new report at conservativeeuropeanforum.co…
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CEF President and former Lord Chancellor @DLidington says the argument for leaving the ECHR deserves a great deal more scrutiny and scepticism than it has so far received 👇
Read the paper at conservativeeuropeanforum.co…
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The Chișinău Declaration earlier this month has presented a real opportunity for the UK to lead Europe's response to irregular migration.
@dominicgrieve_'s new report sets out an alternative path:
🔹ECHR reform
🔹A collective European sanctions regime for countries refusing to take back their nationals
🔹Access to Eurodac and SIS II
🔹Engagement with the new EU Migration Pact
🔹Domestic changes to the Human Rights Act
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This is completely untrue @CPhilpOfficial.
The problem is not that small boat arrivals have been ‘allowed to stay’ by the courts, but the fact that many countries will not take back their nationals, something which has nothing to do with the ECHR.
Leaving is a false solution to illegal migration and is actively preventing the @Conservatives from developing policies that could work.
May 27
Shabana Mahmood and Labour are more interested in their leadership squabbles than keeping out illegal immigrants.
93% of illegal immigrants arriving by small boat are being allowed to stay because Labour refuses to leave the ECHR and stop activist courts blocking removals.
No wonder the boats keep coming. We need:
- No asylum claims from illegal immigrants
- Leave the ECHR Fast-track removals
- Real border control
Only the Conservatives under new leadership will stop this madness.
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As our new report shows, not only would leaving the ECHR be a false solution to illegal migration, but the consequences of withdrawal would be severe:
🔹Undermining the Belfast Agreement and risking political instability in NI, with just 36 words dedicated to the issue in the @Conservatives recent Alternative King's Speech
🔹Putting our place in the Council of Europe at risk, leaving us in the unwelcome company Russia and Belarus
🔹Terminating Part Three of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, ending co-operation with Europol and Eurojust
🔹Making it more difficult to extradite foreign criminals back to other European countries
These problems remain unsolved.
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