Bruges Group

Bruges Group   (Think tank)
Formation	February 1989
Founder	Patrick Robertson
Interests	European Integration
Officially, a eurosceptic think tank.

Official Narrative

The group's original aim was to promote the idea of a less centralised European structure than that emerging in Brussels. Its inspiration was Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech in September 1988, in which she remarked that, "We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level". The Bruges Group's website claims that it includes looking into alternative international relationships for the UK and a complete restructuring of Britain’s relationship with other European countries.

Point of note

It is interesting that as of 2015, Norman Lamont was vice president of this group. Its Eurosceptic nature is a stark contrast with the strongly pro-Europe policy of the clandestine le Cercle, of which Lamont was chairman for over a decade.

 

Known members

8 of the 24 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
David Campbell Bannerman	UKIP MEP
Nigel Farage	Influential campaigner for Brexit in Britain and the European Parliament, elected an MP at his 8th attempt.
Frank Field	British politician
Norman Lamont	Long time Chairman of Le Cercle, financier, politician and deep politician, involved in arms and financial deals.
Owen Paterson
Norman Tebbit	UK Conservative politician
Theresa Villiers	UK Conservative Party politician
David Ivor Young	UK politician who attended two Bilderbergs in the 1980s

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