WHAT HAS THE EU EVER 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.