What the Green Party manifesto says about Brexit

What the Green Party manifesto says about Brexit

The Green Party has today published its manifesto for the 2017 General Election – a far shorter document than those published by the bigger parties. You can read it for yourself here, but its key points on Brexit are summarised below.

The Greens are committed to remaining in the EU and are offering voters a second referendum with a chance to remain a member. Despite the fact that both sides in the Referendum said a Leave vote meant leaving the Single Market, the Green party are committed to Single Market membership, a pre-condition of which is accepting freedom of movement.

They would unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU nationals living in the UK to remain before lobbying the EU to allow UK citizens living in member states to do the same. The party wants to maintain EU laws on the environment and keep legislation on workers rights made in Brussels. On fishing, meanwhile, the party supports establishing “fully protected no take zones” which might only be possible outside of the EU Common Fisheries policy.

Key Points

  • Second referendum on the final deal (including an option to Remain in the EU)
  • Commit to Single Market Membership
  • Keep freedom of movement
  • Unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU nationals living in the UK to remain
  • Maintain EU laws on the environment and workers rights
  • Guarantee the rights of young people to study, work, live and travel in the EU, including through schemes like Erasmus
  • Establish “fully protected no take zones” in British fishing waters

> Last week Darren Grimes spoke to Molly Scott Cato MEP, Green candidate for Bristol West, for a podcast in our Brexit at the Ballot Box series – click here to listen