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The nested games of the UK’s EU referendum: ruptures, reconfigurations and lessons for Europe
2021
The 2016 decision by the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union was a seminal one for both parties. In this special issue, we consider the extent to which the inter-penetration of the national and the European arenas produced significant opportunities for recasting political action. The nesting of these two levels matters firstly in allowing for the politicisation and mobilisation of domestic actors around European issues and secondly in explaining why seemingly sub-optimal or counter-productive actions are taken. The tensions this generated reached a critical juncture with the referendum, a rupture that highlights the extent to which a nominally second-order vote can have funda…
Differentiation, differentiated integration and disintegration in a ‘post-Brexit-era’
2019
In contrast to the ‘ever closer Union among the peoples of Europe’ invoked in the preamble of the Treaty of Rome, Frank Schimmelfennig and Thomas Winzen ponder whether the European Union (EU) is ‘growing ever looser’. Differentiation can take various forms which are often intertwined, such as functional, institutional, spatial/territorial as well as temporal differentiation. In 1998, Petersen studied Denmark’s integration policy in what he called a ‘dilemma’ between influence capability and stress sensitivity. With the Great Recession of 2007This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book 2008, the EU entered a new multi…
Differentiated Integration and Disintegration in the EU after Brexit : Risks versus Opportunities
2019
Differentiation is becoming an increasingly salient feature of European integration. The multi‐faceted European crisis and the subsequent Brexit vote (paving the way for a ground‐breaking case of differentiated disintegration) have led scholars and practitioners to think about the consequences of differentiated integration. This article draws on five well‐established models of differentiation experienced by countries both inside and outside the Union: the EEA model; the Danish model of (quasi‐)permanent differentiation; the Swedish model of de facto differentiation; the instrumental model; and the British model of differentiated disintegration. It addresses the different risks and opportuni…
Exploring Differentiated Disintegration in a Post-Brexit European Union
2019
In the aftermath of the British referendum to leave the European Union and the European Commission's ‘White Paper on the Future of Europe’, it is not only time to take stock of the existing literature on differentiated integration, but also to rethink the perimeters of disintegration. We argue that phenomena such as Brexit embrace forms of differentiation which trigger the need for conceptualizing differentiated disintegration altogether. This article first sketches the path of the scholarly debate in a chronological way to grasp the breadth of existing literature. Second, it discusses differentiated disintegration as a potentially new area for research. Mapping several scenarios for future…
Lielbritānijas izstāšanās no Eiropas Savienības un tā ietekme uz Latvijas Republikas valstspiederīgajiem
2020
Bakalaura darbs “Lielbritānijas izstāšanās no Eiropas Savienības un tā ietekme uz Latvijas Republikas valstspiederīgajiem” ir pētījums par līdz šim nebijušu gadījumu, kad kāda no ES dalībvalstīm vēlas izstāties no ES. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt arī analīzēt tiesiskās attiecības starp ES un Lielbritāniju, kas radušās sakarā ar ES dalībvalsts – Lielbritānijas izstāšanos no ES un tās ietekmi uz Latvijas Republikas valstspiederīgajiem. Darba uzdevumi: 1.Apzināt vēsturisko situāciju un Lielbritānijas izstāšanās ES norises tiesisko procedūru; 2.Veikt analīzi par pārejas perioda tiesisko regulējumu un tiesību aktiem, kuri būtu jāpieņem pārejas laikā; 3.Apskatīt tiesisko vīziju Lielbritānija…
Brexit: przyczyny oraz potencjalne konsekwencje wyjścia Wielkiej Brytanii z Unii Europejskiej
2017
In the referendum of 23 June 2016, the 51.89% majority of the British who decided to vote opted for the exit ol their country from the European Union. This paper presents the main threads in the debate concerning, on the one hand, the reasons for Brexit and, on the othe r hand, its potential consequences for the United Kingdom and the EU. The vote for Brexit was determined by long-term factors (the specific character of the country’s political and economic systems) as well as short-term ones (the rising wave of immigration and the erroneous assumptions in the strategy of the pro-Europe camp). The main factor determining the scale of Brexit’s consequences will be the result of negotiations, …
Brytyjska polityka europejska jako wyzwanie dezintegracyjne
2018
This article analyses the Brexit problem in the light of main concepts of differentiated integration. Great Britain, enjoying the status of preferential membership in the European union, benefited from the positive discrimination in many sectoral policies. After 23 June 2016 Brexit referendum, David Cameron’s and Theresa May’s governments work towards the status of preferential non-membership, opening a new chapter in the debate about differentiated forms of integration in Europe.
Mitä odottaa uuden europarlamentin ulkopolitiikalta?
2019
Euroopan unionin on määriteltävä roolinsa ja yhtenäinen politiikkansa yhä monimutkaisemmassa maailmassa. Transatlanttisten suhteiden tulevaisuus, brexitin vaikutus EU:n ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikkaan ja vastaaminen globaaleihin kysymyksiin kuten ilmastonmuutokseen ovat tulevankin EU:n parlamentin agendalla. nonPeerReviewed
Between Differentiation and (Dis)Integration – Theoretical Explanations of a Post-Brexit European Union
2021
The authors of this paper provide a critical analysis of the most prominent theoretical vehicles employed in studying differentiated integration in contemporary, post-Brexit Europe. They discuss the descriptive, explanatory, and interpretative potential of the selected theoretical approaches that are applied at the intersection of disintegration and European differentiation discourse. “The holy grail” of the theorising of the dynamic (and accelerating) processes of (dis)integration and differentiation remains undiscovered. Nevertheless, a constant search for theoretical explanation is needed in the in-depth analyses of the current state of the European Union.
Uncertain sunset lives: British migrants facing Brexit in Spain
2020
One of the most concerned groups potentially impacted by the approval of Brexit in 2016 is that of the so-called “Brexpats”. This group of people is composed by at least 784,900 British citizens who are living in the European Union (EU), among which those settling in Spain are the most prominent. Spanish Brexpats are the largest British population outside the borders of the UK, except for in the Commonwealth territories. They have some peculiar characteristics, such as an advanced average age compared to other EU destinations; a large number of people living off the radar; geographical concentration within coastal areas; and a certain social isolation. In this context, the succession of new…