A Plaid Cymru government will be proudly internationalist in outlook, and take its global responsibilities seriously. We will build international relationships based on our values – promoting democracy and social justice, collaborating to tackle climate change, protecting the rights of small nations and minority languages, and advancing peace and cooperation through international institutions.
A Plaid Cymru government will take a stand for peace, justice and respect for international law – just as Plaid Cymru took a firm and principled stand on Gaza.
Wales’s best interests are best served by returning to full membership of the European Union. In the immediate term, we will:
- Continue to make the case that the UK should urgently seek to rejoin both the single market and customs union – to boost trade, and begin to undo the £4bn-worth of damage that Brexit has caused to the Welsh economy.
- Insist that the Welsh Government has a seat at the table whenever European issues are discussed that directly impact on Wales.
- Bring forward a new European Strategy, underpinned by a European Alignment Act – to enable us to keep pace with Europe’s world-leading standards in areas including environmental protection, public health and food standards.
- Work to ensure that young people in Wales can live, study and work in Europe – including by maximising the opportunities for Welsh students that stem from the UK rejoining the Erasmus scheme, and examining options for the future of the Wales-specific Taith programme.
As Wales’s closest European neighbour – and one with which Wales has long shared cultural and trading relationships – we will seek to build on our ties with Ireland by developing a new and comprehensive bilateral cooperation framework.