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WHAT HAS THE EU EVER DONE FOR US?

Brexit MythsWhat has the EU every done for us

THE EU HAS FOR 60 YEARS BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF PEACE BETWEEN EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS AFTER CENTURIES OF BLOODSHED

• Tackling tax avoidance
• Stronger voice in the world
• 3 million jobs
• Lower prices in shops
• EU representation in international forums

TRADE

• Providing 57% of our trade
• Single market with no export charges or red tape (frictionless trade)
• Break up of monopolies
• Single market competition bringing quality improvements & better industrial performance
• Bloc EEA negotiation at the WTO
• A home market of 500 million consumers

CONSUMER PROTECTION

• Food labelling
• Europe-wide patent and copyright protection
• Safer food standards
• Product safety standards
• Banning of hidden credit card charges

FUNDING

• Structural funding to areas hit by industrial decline
• Funding opportunities for young people to undertake study or work placements abroad
• Funding for start-ups
• Investment in arts and culture
• Investment and collaboration in science
• Investment across Europe contributing to better living standards and educational, social and cultural capital
• Funding research and industrial collaboration

WORKERS’ RIGHTS

• Standards in the workplace
• Labour protection and enhanced social welfare
• Rights to equal pay for women and men
• Paid holiday leave
• The right not to work more than a 48-hour week without overtime
• Smoke-free workplaces
• Rights for part-time workers
• Protection against discrimination based on gender, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation
• Maternity and Paternity leave
• The right to work in the EU

ENVIRONMENT

• Cleaner air
• Smoke-free public places
• The world’s strongest animal welfare rights
• Cleaner beaches and waterways
• Strongest wildlife protection in the world
• Improved animal welfare in food production

TRAVEL

• Cheaper mobile calls and data roaming
• Visa-free travel across Europe
• Free healthcare across Europe
• Compensation for delayed flights

SECURITY

• Co-operation on counter-terrorism intelligence
• European Arrest Warrant
• EU diplomatic efforts to uphold the nuclear non-proliferation treaty
• Cross boarder policing to combat human trafficking, arms & drug smuggling
• Counter terrorism intelligence
• European civil and military co-operation in post-conflict zones in Europe and Africa
• Support for democracy and human rights across Europe and beyond

EUROPE HAS ASSISTED THE EXTRAORDINARY POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION OF 13 FORMER DICTATORSHIPS, NOW EU MEMBERS.

WE MUST PLAY A FULL PART IN ENABLING THE UNION TO BE A FORCE FOR GOOD.