Latest articles from Mairi Gougeon
Here are 12 examples of what the EU does for Scotland
If Scotland is taken out of the European Union, rural communities will lose massive support from LEADER funding.
Post-Brexit loss of funding will devastate rural Scotland – and here's how
IT is often said you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. And, as the full effects of Brexit continue to materialise, we become increasingly aware of all the things we’ll be missing out on.
Immigration can be devolved – and this is how other countries do it
A DIFFERENTIATED immigration system for Scotland is not a unique idea and there are numerous examples throughout the world of how this can work.
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Mairi Gougeon: Scotland depends on immigration – that's why we need a different system
IT was one of the most scandalously underhand images of the 2016 Brexit referendum.
We can't let losing Erasmus+ be another casualty of a Tory hard Brexit
THIS is the Year of Young People and, in 2018 more than ever, we are celebrating the achievements of our young people and trying to give them the tools to succeed in life.
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Mairi Gougeon MSP: Political silence on Catalonia is shocking – is Europe so afraid to discuss democracy?
THE political silence over the ongoing situation in Catalonia is breathtaking.Within the corridors of power at the EU institutions, we have heard very little, if anything at all, said about the future of Catalonia.
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'I’m an MSP – but I don’t even know if my husband will be allowed to stay with me in Scotland'
FOR six years my French-born husband Baptiste has called Scotland home. But for how much longer will Scotland be his home and what hoops will he, and I, have to jump through over the next few years to realise our dream of one day having a family here?