Conservative European Forum

A centre-right organisation committed to strengthening political, economic, social, environmental, and security cooperation between the UK & continental Europe.

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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.

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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.

[Financial Times @FT]

European defence stock rally goes into reverse on funding concerns https://t.co/30evvdXWQj

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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.

[Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @Jeremy_Hunt]

There is only one way for Keir Starmer to come back from this: find the £28bn that John Healey was demanding

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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 https://t.co/PRULykHZpJ

[Chris Philp MP @CPhilpOfficial]

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

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

https://t.co/7WAshLf8QN

[EU Home Affairs @EUHomeAffairs]

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: https://t.co/MEVarqont7

[Henna Virkkunen @HennaVirkkunen]

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.

https://t.co/SK8v0kQ22j

[Lord Kirkhope @LordKirkhope]

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

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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.

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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 https://t.co/PRULykHZpJ.

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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 https://t.co/PRULykIxfh

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

Nigel’s first call

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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 https://t.co/KudYNGEc74

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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

https://t.co/Sz5o4lYlMQ

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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.

[Chris Philp MP @CPhilpOfficial]

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.

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

Read more here 👇

https://t.co/pp79Uo0OpN

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

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.

[Conservative European Forum @ConsEurope]

@reformparty_uk immigration policy is in disarray.

The @Conservatives must now reconsider proposals to leave the ECHR and present a serious, credible plan to tackle irregular migration at the next General Election.

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

Robert’s answer is not Reform policy.

As the person responsible for our deportation plan I want ensure people know where we stand:

If a foreign national lives in social housing at taxpayer expense, they automatically fail our economic test and will be deported.