As especificidades da relação entre o Reino Unido e a União Europeiadesde a adesão ao bloco às suas futuras relações após o Brexit

Resumo

The purpose of this monograph was to analyze the legal implications of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, given the particularities of their relationship since the start of the European integration process, as well as the fact that the UK is the first country to leave the bloc, therefore, Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union will be triggered for the first time. The country was invited to join the European Coal and Steel Community in 1955, but declined the offer, because being a member of an international organization with supranational ambitions would, to a certain extent, imply an assignment of its authority and sovereignty, and the UK had no interest to engage in a political integration process. When the bloc began to thrive economically, the country changed its strategy and pleaded its admission. Two years after it became a member state of the European Economic Community, the country held a referendum, in which its membership in the EEC was questioned. More than forty years later, in June 2016, the British population voted to leave the European Union. The country was already considered as an awkard partner, in view of its policy of opt-outs of integration mechanisms of the bloc, such as the Euro and the Schengen Area. Its withdrawal marked the climax of this controversial relationship. This research’s question concerns the country's future relationship with the EU, whether there will be a soft or hard exit, that is, whether the UK will maintain a close relationship with the EU, by continuing to participate in the single market and the customs union, or whether it wants its economic relations to be governed strictly by WTO rules, marking a further rupture in its relationship with the bloc. The hypothesis of the present monograph is: even though the most rational choice to be taken by the British government is the soft exit, it is more likely that there will be a hard exit, given the particular status of the UK since the beginning of the European integration process and the complex legal procedure established by Article 50 of TEU, which is extremely stressful for the parties.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Outro

Ano

2018

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/24723

Palavras-chave

DireitoUnião EuropeiaBrexitGrã-Bretanha - Política e governoGrã-Bretanha - Relações econômicas exterioresUnião Europeia - Grã-Bretanha