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Don’t cry for me Britannia: The resilience of the European Union to Brexit

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  • Narisong Huhe

    (School of Government and Public Policy, 3527University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK)

  • Daniel Naurin

    (Department Public and International Law, University of Oslo, Oslo; Norway and Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden)

  • Robert Thomson

Abstract

We assess the impact of the United Kingdom’s 2016 decision to leave the European Union on the Council of the European Union, where Brexit is likely to have the clearest observable implications. Using concepts and models from the spatial model of politics and network analysis, we formulate and test expectations regarding the effects of Brexit. We examine two of the most prominent datasets on recent decision-making in the European Union, which include data on cooperation networks among member states before and after the 2016 referendum. Our findings identify some of the political challenges that Brexit will bring, but also highlight the factors that are already helping the European Union’s remaining member states to adapt to Brexit.

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  • Narisong Huhe & Daniel Naurin & Robert Thomson, 2020. "Don’t cry for me Britannia: The resilience of the European Union to Brexit," European Union Politics, , vol. 21(1), pages 152-172, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:eeupol:v:21:y:2020:i:1:p:152-172
    DOI: 10.1177/1465116519882096
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