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
• 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.