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Back to the Future? Lessons of Differentiated Integration from the EFTA Countries for the UK’s Future Relations with the EU

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  • Sieglinde Gstöhl

    (Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, College of Europe, Dijver 11, BE-8000 Bruges, Belgium)

  • Christian Frommelt

    (Department of Political Science, Liechtenstein Institute, St. Luziweg 2, LI-9487 Bendern, Liechtenstein)

Abstract

The decision of the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw from the European Union (EU) raises the question of how to shape their post-Brexit relations. The EU has developed various forms of external differentiated integration with neighbouring countries, whereby the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) enjoy the most far-reaching access to the internal market. This article discusses the conditions under which the UK could join EFTA, the EFTA countries’ European Economic Area with the EU, or a similar arrangement. In light of the UK’s desire to conduct an independent trade policy, to contain immigration, and to take back control of laws, lessons are drawn from EFTA’s experience for trade, the free movement of persons, and institutional issues.

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  • Sieglinde Gstöhl & Christian Frommelt, 2017. "Back to the Future? Lessons of Differentiated Integration from the EFTA Countries for the UK’s Future Relations with the EU," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 6(4), pages 1-17, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:6:y:2017:i:4:p:121-:d:114858
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    1. Peter Holmes & Jim Rollo & L. Alan Winters, 2016. "Negotiating the UK's Post-Brexit Trade Arrangements," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 238(1), pages 22-30, November.
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    1. Katy Hayward, 2021. "‘Flexible and Imaginative’: The EU’s Accommodation of Northern Ireland in the UK–EU Withdrawal Agreement," International Studies, , vol. 58(2), pages 201-218, April.

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