24 Reasons to Remain
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1) 45 Years of Peace<br />
There have been 45 years of peace since the UK joined the<br />
then European Economic Community in 1973. It is now over<br />
70 years since the end of WWII, which is the longest period<br />
in two millennia that any of the 28 countries that now<br />
comprise the EU have not been at war with each other.<br />
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded <strong>to</strong> the European Union for the<br />
“successful struggle for peace and reconciliation and for democracy<br />
and human rights. The stabilizing part played by the EU has helped <strong>to</strong><br />
transform…a continent of war <strong>to</strong> a continent of peace.”<br />
(Source: Norwegian Nobel Committee press release. Oct 2012)<br />
“Even Boris Johnson says the EU was ‘born of the highest<br />
motives – <strong>to</strong> keep the peace in Europe.’” (Source: New Statesman. 9 May 2016)<br />
Our internal and external security is stronger if we<br />
remain in the EU. Is it worth the risk of losing that?
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