Bruges Group

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Group.png Bruges Group  
(Think tankWebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Bruges logo small.png
FormationFebruary 1989
FounderPatrick Robertson.jpg Patrick Robertson
InterestsEuropean Integration
Membership•  David Campbell Bannerman
• Nigel Farage MEP.jpg Nigel Farage
•  Frank Field
•  Mark Francois
•  Baroness Hoey
• Lord-Norman-Lamont.jpg Lord Lamont of Lerwick
• COVID tests.jpg Owen Paterson
•  John Redwood
•  Andrew Rosindell
• Iain Duncan Smith.jpeg Iain Duncan Smith
•  Baroness Stuart
• Norman Tebbit.jpg Lord Tebbit
• Theresa Villiers.jpg Theresa Villiers
• David Ivor Young.jpg Lord Young of Graffham
•  Martin Holmes
•  Brian Hindley
•  Tim Congdon
•  Julius Gould
•  Kenneth Minogue
•  Christie Davies
•  Ben Roberts
•  Norman Stone
•  Patrick Minford
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.[1]

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.

Members

Members[2][3].


 

Known members

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

MemberDescription
David Campbell BannermanUKIP MEP
Nigel FarageInfluential campaigner for Brexit in Britain and the European Parliament, elected an MP at his 8th attempt.
Frank FieldBritish politician
Norman LamontLong time Chairman of Le Cercle, financier, politician and deep politician, involved in arms and financial deals.
Owen Paterson
Norman TebbitUK Conservative politician
Theresa Villiers
David Ivor YoungUK politician who attended two Bilderbergs in the 1980s
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