LGE provides a forum for pro-European local government members and officers to develop a pragmatic course within the national context. We have members from all political parties and others with no political affiliation.

There has never been a more important time for people who share our vision for Europe to join us. The vision of an expanding and united Europe has clearly been one of the casualties of the French and Dutch referendums. The Constitutional Treaty, inevitably, will need to go back to the drawing board, though it is worth emphasising that it envisaged giving local government a bigger say in the decision-making process.

The LGE is democratic direct membership association for individual pro-Europeans. It is affiliated to the European Movement, Britain’s main pro-Europe network. Among the benefits are: