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Eurosceptic pressure group
The
European Foundation
is a
Eurosceptic
think tank
based in the
United Kingdom
, founded in 1992.
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It is chaired by
Bill Cash
, a British
Conservative
MP. The organisation produces the European Journal.
The College Street Group was formed in October 1992 in order to oppose the
Maastricht Treaty
. The Group, consisting of politicians, academics, businessmen, lawyers, and economists, provided briefs in the campaign to win the arguments both in Parliament and in the country. The European Foundation was created out of Great College Street by
Bill Cash
after the Maastricht debates. It conducted a campaign in the UK to leave the
European Union
.
It was reported in 1996 that the European Foundation was being funded by Sir
James Goldsmith
the then leader of the British
Referendum Party
.
[
citation needed
]
Because there was an approaching election at which Conservative and Referendum candidates would be contesting the same seats, Cash was forced to sever the link. The shortfall in funding was plugged by
Margaret Thatcher
, who later became the European Foundation's Patron, a position she held until her death.
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