THE BRITISH leg of the Eutopean marches continue to gather strength.
A meeting of the steering committee of the marches on Saturday 24th of March finalised most of the detalls of the routes of the marches from Preston and Jarrow through Birmingham to London.
The march from Preston will start on Saturday May 17th and from Jarrow on Monday May 19th. The two marches will converge in Birmingham on Saturday May 31st for a demonstration through the city and then march south together reaching London on the afternoon of Thursday June 5th.
There will be a range of activities and events in London over Friday with a central London demonstration on Saturday afternoon with a rally and a social on There are now also plans for a Scottish march, which would march and campaign from Glasgow to Edinbough and then join the marches in England as a delegation.
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The political imperative for the marches gets stronger by the day as the logic of the single currency and the convergence criteria assert themselves across Europe.
The coalition already built in Britain is unprecedented for such an event. However, resources, if this is to be fully realised.
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