NEWS · 17 December 2025
Today's news that the UK is rejoining the Erasmus scheme will re-open a wide range of opportunities for young people.
It is a win for every pro-European campaigner, and the latest in a series of EU initiatives that the UK has rejoined, including the Horizon science scheme.
But we must not stop there. We must keep up the pressure.
After the years of silence on Brexit, the debate about the EU is back in the mainstream, with the Lib Dems and even some Labour figures talking about the economic growth that could be unlocked by rejoining the customs union.
We believe the best strategy for the rejoin movement is to support these moves, but also not to limit our campaigning to small, "quick win" demands.
We will continue to campaign for the UK to fully rejoin the EU, building up support for rejoining in the population at large. We must make the positive case for how many problems it would solve, keeping the cost of living crisis at the centre of our campaign.
That also means directly tackling the racism, xenophobia and false solutions peddled by Nigel Farage's Reform party.
As the year comes to an end, we have big plans for 2026 – the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum. The interest around the anniversary will be a huge opportunity to spread the word that rejoining the EU is possible and necessary.
Rejoin petition
The latest Rejoin petition on the official parliamentary petitions website has reached 10,000 in its first 8 days.
Let's help keep it going to hit 100,000 and trigger another debate in Parliament:
Foreign interference inquiry
While there is a lot of despair about Reform leading the polls, there was a bright spot: the conviction of their former Welsh leader Nathan Gill for Russia-funded corruption during his time as an MEP.
Now, with that case in mind, the government has launched a wider review of "foreign interference" in UK politics, including the possibility of a stricter regime on political donations.
This is a weak point for Reform, who recently accepted the biggest single donation in UK history, and have been pushing at the limits of the rules by accepting donations in untraceable cryptocurrency.
Many Stay European supporters report receiving letters from Reform recently that appear to have been sent to a large section of the country, regardless of whether elections are coming up.
Reform's success is based on massive funding from questionable sources. Loudly backing moves to cut off this cash is one of the keys to defeating them.
