Roger Casale
5th January 2021Farewell to Freedom of Movement but not (yet) to the voting rights of EU citizens
Dear Supporter
The last day of the year was a sad a day for those who value freedom of movement and the rights of mobile EU citizens.
As we prepare for the challenges of the New Year, we look forward to the outcome of a number of court cases including the legal challenge about #DeniedMyVote to be heard later this month.
Although EU citizens in the UK have lost many rights, as have Britons in Europe, the right of EU citizens to stand and vote in local elections has not yet been taken away.
That's why it is vital that we keep campaigning for a full public inquiry into #DeniedMyVote and for a guarantee of current voting rights.
Your help is vital if we are to succeed. We are campaigning both in the UK and the EU and with the support of nearly 155,000 signatories to this petition our voice is being heard. Help us to continue the fight:
Please chip in what you can to sustain our campaign in 2021
The op-ed below was published in this week's The New European and I hope you will find it of interest and also see it rightly as proof of the extent to which our campaigns are continuing to cut through.
Farewell to Freedom of Movement, The New European
We have said farewell to Freedom of Movement, but we don't want to say farewell to the voting rights of EU citizens, too.
Thanks for all your support in 2020. All the best in 2021 and please always remember that we are stronger, much stronger, together.
Roger Casale
on behalf of the team at New Europeans