scholarly journals Assessing What Brexit Means for Europe: Implications for EU Institutions and Actors

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Edoardo Bressanelli ◽  
Nicola Chelotti
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Thematic Issue ◽  
Organizational Practices ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Counter Measures ◽  
Institutional Rules ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

With the signing of the EU–UK trade and cooperation agreement in December 2020, the configurations of Brexit have started to become clearer. The first consequences of the UK’s decision to leave the EU have become visible, both in the UK and in the EU. This thematic issue focuses on a relatively under-researched aspect of Brexit—what the UK withdrawal has meant and means for the EU. Using new empirical data and covering most (if not all) of the post-2016 referendum period, it provides a first overall assessment of the impact of Brexit on the main EU institutions, institutional rules and actors. The articles in the issue reveal that EU institutions and actors changed patterns of behaviour and norms well before the formal exit of the UK in January 2020. They have adopted ‘counter-measures’ to cope with the challenges of the UK withdrawal—be it new organizational practices in the Parliament, different network dynamics in the Council of the EU or the strengthening of the Franco-German partnership. In this sense, the Union has—so far—shown significant resilience in the wake of Brexit.

Brexit will have mixed impact on the Caribbean

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Subject The impact of Brexit on the English-speaking Caribbean. Significance The Caribbean is a region with strong links to the United Kingdom that will be affected significantly by the UK voters' decision to leave the EU ('Brexit'). The region includes sovereign and non-sovereign countries and both groups will be affected, albeit in different ways. Impacts Caribbean concerns will not be a priority for either the United Kingdom or the EU. Uncertainty may further undermine already weak regional economies. CARICOM will need a new trade accord with the United Kingdom, its main export market.

10. Brexit and the Future of Two Unions

2018 ◽  
pp. 216-237
Author(s):  
Daniel Kenealy ◽  
John Peterson ◽  
Richard Corbett
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
British People ◽  
Theresa May ◽  
The Eu

This chapter considers the impact of the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) decision to leave the EU. In June 2016, the UK held a referendum on continuing its EU membership. The UK voted to leave the EU by a narrow margin, but one large enough for its new Prime Minister (after David Cameron, who called the referendum, resigned), Theresa May, to call ‘Brexit’ (the process of Britain exiting the EU) ‘the settled will of the British people’. The result sent shock waves across Europe. This chapter seeks to explain how and why the Brexit vote occurred and what might happen—both to the UK and to the EU—as a result. Possible outcomes of the negotiations on Brexit are considered with a view to assessing their impact on the UK, the EU, and the future of European integration.

scholarly journals Explaining Cooperation in the Council of the EU Before and After the Brexit Referendum

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Markus Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Major Event ◽  
Network Ties ◽  
Member States ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Eu

This article focuses on the impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU on cooperation within the Council of the EU. It does so by studying how cooperation between member states has changed from the period before the Brexit referendum to the period after. In the emerging literature on Brexit, it has been highlighted that member states that have been close partners to the UK will have to (and have started to) adjust their cooperation behaviour and form new alliances. While the structure of cooperation in the Council is often understood to be stable over time, suggesting that cooperation is mainly driven by structurally determined preferences that don’t easily change, a major event such as Brexit may force remaining member states to restructure their cooperation behaviour. Accordingly, it is expected and tested whether less structurally determined preferences have grown in importance for shaping patterns of cooperation in the immediate period following the Brexit referendum. Using survey data based on interviews with member state negotiators to the Council, asking about their network ties, compiled both in the period before and after Brexit referendum of 2016, it is shown that structurally determined preferences are important in both periods and that more volatile ideologically-based preferences on the EU integration dimension and GAL-TAN dimension have become important following the referendum. The article is informative both for those interested in the effects of Brexit on EU institutions, as well as those more generally interested in causes of cooperation patterns in the Council.

scholarly journals The Impact of Brexit on EU Policies

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ferdi De Ville ◽  
Gabriel Siles-Brügge
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Issue ◽  
Integration Theory ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
Eu Policies ◽  
Fundamental Uncertainty ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

While the result of the UK’s referendum on membership of the EU has been the subject of considerable scholarly interest, relatively little has been written on the impact of Brexit on the EU. Where academics have addressed the issue, they have tended to either see Brexit through the lens of European ‘(dis)integration’ theory or focused on its ‘static’ effects, assessing the impact of removing the UK from the EU’s policymaking machinery based on its past behaviour. This editorial sets out the overarching rationale of this thematic issue and introduces some key analytical elements drawn on by the individual contributions. Given that Brexit has so far not set in train major EU disintegration, the focus is on the detailed impact of the UK’s exit across specific policy areas and on problematising the notion that it necessarily implies a more socially progressive turn in EU policies. Our starting point is the fundamental uncertainty surrounding the future EU–UK relationship, and the process of arriving there. This points to the importance of focusing on the ‘dynamic’ impacts of Brexit, namely adjustment in the behaviour of EU actors, including in anticipation of Brexit, and the discursive struggle in the EU over how to frame Brexit. Policy change may also occur as a result of small, ‘iterative’ changes even where actors do not actively adjust their behaviour but simply interact in new ways in the UK’s absence. Several of the issue’s contributions also reflect on the UK’s role as a ‘pivotal outlier’. The editorial concludes by reflecting on how we analyse the unfolding Brexit process and on what broader insights this thematic issue might offer the study of EU politics.

scholarly journals Brexit and the UN Security Council: declining British influence?

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 1349-1368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jess Gifkins ◽  
Samuel Jarvis ◽  
Jason Ralph
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Security Council ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Political Capital ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Elite Interviews ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union has ramifications beyond the UK and the EU. This article analyses the impact of the Brexit referendum on the UK's political capital in the United Nations Security Council; a dimension of Brexit that has received little attention thus far. Drawing on extensive elite interviews we show that the UK has considerable political capital in the Council, where it is seen as one of the most effective actors, but the reputational costs of Brexit are tarnishing this image. With case-studies on the UK's role in Somalia and Yemen we show how the UK has been able to further its interests with dual roles in the EU and Security Council, and the risks posed by tensions between trade and human rights after Brexit. We also analyse what it takes to be influential within the Security Council and argue that more attention should be paid to the practices of diplomacy. Influence is gained via penholding, strong diplomatic skill and a well-regarded UN permanent representative. The UK accrues political capital as a leader on the humanitarian and human rights side of the Council's agenda, but this reputation is at risk as it exits the EU.

scholarly journals UK PROSPECTS EVALUATION AFTER BREXIT

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-81
Author(s):  
Nataliia MIEDVIEDKOVA ◽  
Ivan US
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Key Events ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The key aspects of political plans, conditions, key events and changes for Brexit are considered. The impact of Brexit referendum held in 2016 on how the citizens of Britain and other countries perceive the UK and the EU is researched. Survey results concerning the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union are considered. SWOT analysis on the effect of Brexit on the UK is provided. Primarily the attention is focused on the benefits for the UK such as improved border security and reduction of terrorism, no need to pay an annual fee to the EU treasury. New opportunities for the UK are also defined, namely free choice of policy not restricted by EU conditions, the opportunity to defend the interests of national producers and consumers, preservation of cultural values and traditions. Detailed consideration is given to significant weaknesses for the UK such as re-concluding agreements with each EU member, perceive the UK as a competitor rather than a partner, higher tariffs, finding talented workers, decrease in tax revenues, and the Brexit price. Settlements between the UK and the EU (that forming the Brexit price), as well as the mechanism for calculating UK contributions to the EU budget are analyzed. The main threats are also substantiated, namely uncertainty, unsolved problems with the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, Scottish reluctance to leave the EU, decrease in trade with EU countries and investment attractiveness. Own interpretation of the prospects for Brexit is suggested. JEL: F15, F36, F53.

scholarly journals The United Kingdom after brexit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Ananieva ◽  
Lyudmila Babynina ◽  
Mark Entin ◽  
Dmitriy Galushko ◽  
Kira Godovanyuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Period ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Conservative Government ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Uk Foreign Policy ◽  
The Eu

The edited book by Russian scholars and UK experts focuses on the political and economic developments Britain faces following the end of the post-Brexit transition period. Against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, B. Johnson’s Conservative government was confronted with many challenges, from trying to put together an adequate anti-crisis domestic policy to fitting UK foreign policy into the «Global Britain» framework. The authors look into the UK foreign trade policy, the roadblocks in the implementation of the UK – EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the impact of Brexit and the pandemic on the competitiveness of London as a leading financial hub, and how UK plans moving over to a climate-neutral economy. Special emphasis is given to the centrifugal trends in Scotland and Northern Ireland that conspicuously manifested themselves upon the UK withdrawal from the EU, along with the phenomenon of anti-monarchism. The authors explore Russia – UK relations in the light of the Integrated Review and provide an analysis of the latest developments in the UK defense strategy and armed forces.

scholarly journals Economic Implications of BREXIT for Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aamir Khan ◽  
Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain
Keyword(s):  
Free Access ◽  
Social Accounting Matrix ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Trade Relations ◽  
Trade Model ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Pakistan’s trading relationship with the United Kingdom (UK) is governed through the European Union’s (EU) Single Market regulations & tariffs. Pakistan has granted a Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) plus status by the EU, which allows Pakistan commodities duty-free access to the European market. Britain’s decision to leave the EU popularly quoted as “Brexit” can have implications for Pakistan. Pakistan will no more enjoy duty-free access to the UK market. With this backdrop, this research used a new global economic trade model calibrated using the latest GTAP Database and latest Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) 2013 of Pakistan to quantify the impact of Brexit on Pakistan's Economy. Results show that with Brexit, Pakistan's Exports to the UK will decrease by 48 percent. This research recommends the Pakistani government to revisit its trade relations with the UK and should launch negotiations with the UK for attaining unilateral preferential access like EU GSP Plus.

Extradition under the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

2021 ◽  
pp. 203228442199558
Author(s):  
Edward Grange ◽  
Ben Keith ◽  
Sophia Kerridge
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Judicial Cooperation ◽  
Arrest Warrant ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
European Arrest Warrant ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

When the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) was reached between the UK and the EU on 24 December 2020, it gave extradition practitioners only a few days to identify what, if anything, would remain from the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) system before it came into force on 1 January 2021. The article starts by setting out how the EAW was implemented in the UK prior to 1 January 2021, before turning to the TCA itself and what it means for extradition or ‘surrender’ between EU member states and the UK. In short, the EAW system no longer applies. The authors set out how the TCA provides a degree of continuity, now under the watchful eye of the UK–EU ‘Specialised Committee on Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation’. There are notable departures from the EAW system however, in both practical and legal terms, that open the door to increased scrutiny of extradition requests. The authors explore the impact these changes may have on the future of extradition with the EU27, to or from the UK.

The Impact of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement on the UK

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Ciuriak ◽  
Ali Dadkhah ◽  
Jingliang Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu
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