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149458
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Britain has voted to leave the European Union by 51.9% to 48.1% in June 2016. David Cameron announced his resignation following the vote for Brexit. Euroscepticism in the British public has been rising and political debates over how to handle Britain’s Relationship with the EU have also been intensifying. The numbers wanting a Brexit had been growing. With the EU trapped in a quagmire made of multiple crises, Britain’s referendum would be the same as rubbing salt into the wounds. A Brexit would not affect just Britain and the EU but it would have an effect on the entire world. Why did Britain opt out when it already enjoys a preferential status in the EU—it is outside the Eurozone and Schengen area? Why did the British public vote for Brexit when it was obvious that it would cause more harm than good? What was the underlying logic? This essay searches for the roots of Britain’s Eurosceptism by tracing back to post-World War II Britain-European relations and attempts to anticipate the possible impacts of the Brexit referendum.
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ID:
164095
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ID:
148164
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With its high-flying aspirations for integration experiencing a post-Brexit stall, the Europe Union is trying to correct its political tailspin exacerbated by economic woe, refugee resettlement and religious terrorist attacks. This tangle of interrelated problems reveals the EU’s failure to align Europe’s policy mindset with rapidly-changing environments. The symptoms of EU“Mal-adaptation”are revealed since, despite multi-dimensional countermeasures, member states have no near-term solution for these deep-seated crises. Though the challenges to European integration lie both in the EU’s profound internal defects and the nature of modern crises, the EU will not stop striding the way of integration and neither will a fundamental reversal occur because of the crises. June’s UK vote to leave the EU is the open wound now but palpable hits at unity inside and outside Europe have included heated disagreements, incompatible goals, conflicting policies, and accusations of inequality. The stress fractures portend more disagreements, especially considering the EU’s positive attitude toward policy adjustment and negotiation. Greece’s proposed exit from the EU (Grexit), the Paris terrorist attacks, and the Middle East refugee crisis overwhelmed EU integration in 2015 with one stumbling block after another, and 2016 is going the same way with Brexit at mid-year. Obstacles to EU socioeconomic development are many even without crises, and confidence is shaken in EU integration.
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ID:
151171
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ID:
149459
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The dilemmas for EU leader Germany may be partly due to its national character and historical experiences, but Germany is finding it difficult to adapt fast enough to threatened European Union fragmentation amid populist backlash on the home front. Brexit and the refugee crisis were only the most recent ingredients added to a European pressure cooker already suffering strain from economic quarters, from EU workers wearied by unemployment and financial insecurity, from an aging citizenry ready for pensioning, and a world not yet recovered from the debt crisis. Now that the political scene is experiencing the gravitational pull of a rightist, potentially xenophobic contingent, Germany will be making hard choices as it seeks to continue its leadership in Europe. Since 2008, unlike the German economy which continues to thrive, EU countries of the south fell into debt, and Germany has subsequently encountered many challenges to European integration. Germany has strength. But what lies behind its dilemmas, and can it continue to shoulder responsibility for leading the EU?
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ID:
137447
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ID:
151173
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ID:
158773
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