Brexit is changing the future of Britain in ways no one can yet fully foresee, but what we already know is enough to cause mass anxieties among millions of people. The consequences of the EU referendum are likely to be felt for generations to come. So it is no surprise that there were so many…
Tag: political participation
The Tragedy of Brexit: Pro-European Mobilisation After the Referendum
On 25th March 2017, a pro-EU march – the March for Europe – took place in London, with crowd estimates ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 participants. Similar, smaller-scale marches took place in other cities across the UK such as Edinburgh and Newcastle. The march was organised by ‘Unite for Europe’, one of a number of…
A voice you haven’t heard. The political participation of UK-based EU citizens in the EU referendum
By Monika Bozhinoska, independent researcher Last year, right before the EU referendum I conducted research aiming to explore how EU long-term residents in the UK construct their identities as political members of the UK. The findings of the research are briefly presented here. For a full discussion see my IRiS Working Paper: European denizens: The…
EU families & Eurochildren in Brexiting Britain 