[3] The concept of European unity arose from contacts between wartime resistance groups and was the focus of a speech by Winston Churchill delivered in Switzerland in September 1946.

Governmental organisations are lobbied on Europe-related issues such as the impact of Brexit on Scotland's economy and society and on standards of environmental protection.

EMiS also campaigns for young people and their teachers in Scotland to have access to a programme of educational exchanges providing opportunities equivalent to those previously offered by the EU Erasmus+ scheme.

[13] EMiS has organised pro-EU marches and rallies such as one with Young European Movement in Edinburgh to protest against Brexit in October 2017[14] and one against the Westminster government's suspension of the UK Parliament in August 2019.

[20] Members of the movement have devised a series of EuroWalks[21] – online self-guided walks and tours (for cyclists and motorists) featuring points of interest with European associations in Dumfries, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kirkwall, Perth, St Andrews, Stirling and elsewhere.