European Elections Matter in UK Despite Brexit Shadow

May 6, 2019 Video United Kingdom: When You Think European Elections, Think Human Rights! The European elections on 23-26 May are a key moment for candidates to commit to protect our fundamental rights. Next week’s European Parliament elections come at an awkward time for the UK. Brexit was supposed to have taken the UK out of the EU by March 31, following the 2016 referendum result, and with it the need to take part in the European elections this month. Instead Brexit’s political deadlock, which leaves the UK a member of the European Union until at least October 2019, means the UK will participate…

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