The Bruges Group spearheaded the intellectual battle to win a vote to leave the European Union and, above all, against the emergence of a centralised EU state.

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The Bruges Group aims to promote discussion on the European Union and to advance the education of the public on European affairs.

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The Bruges Group is a think-tank which holds meetings and produces research on issues relating to Britain’s membership of the European Union. Our Founder President was the Rt Hon. the Baroness Margaret Thatcher.

Through its work the Bruges Group spearheads the intellectual battle against European integration, EU federalism, centralisation and enlargement. The Bruges Group promotes the positive alternatives to membership of the European Union and the need to restore British sovereignty and democracy. The Bruges Group campaigned for Brexit, advocating that Britain should vote to leave the European Union in the EU referendum.