Life after Brexit

August 11, 2016 09:46

Britain joined the European Economic Community in 1973 when it comprised eight members and there was no political project of "ever closer union". The enthusiasm for more integration may now diminish but the recent past has revealed the European Union leadership at its worst; the European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, said the split with Britain was "not an amicable divorce... there is no democratic choice against the European treaties", echoing the Brussels propensity to hold successive referenda "until they get it right" - twice in Denmark in 1992 and 1993, and twice in Ireland in 2001 and 2002. In 2005, the French rejected the Constitution, which was later finessed by the Lisbon Treaty and change of president. Read more

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