Brexit and Euroscepticism: Will “Leaving Europe” be Emulated Elsewhere?

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Doomsdays preachers suggested that Brexit and Trump would mean the end of the liberal world order as we know it and thus the end of the EU. The research presented here suggests the opposite. Not only have Europeans turned their back to populism by voting yes to reforms and pro-EU-parties and governments in different member states over the past months, but Brexit and Trump also seems to have given a complete new momentum to the European project. This chapter demonstrates why Brexit cannot be generalized to the rest of the continent but is the result of a complicated and special British conception of what it means to be a sovereign state in the twenty-first century. Moreover, and paradoxically, surveys show that the greatest fear among Europeans today is not more European integration but right wing populism and European disunion.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Law & Politics of Brexit
EditorsFederico Fabbrini
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date2017
Pages221-246
ChapterPart 4, chapt. 11
ISBN (Print)9780198810438
ISBN (Electronic)9780198811763
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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