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Leaving the EU may entail a loss of sovereignty for the UK

Sapir, André and Wolff, Guntram (2016) Leaving the EU may entail a loss of sovereignty for the UK. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (19 Mar 2016). Website.

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Abstract

There is little doubt that in the case of a Brexit, the UK would still need to trade with other European single market countries, considering that about half of its trade in goods and in services is with them. Britain could therefore find itself in a similar position to countries signing up to the European Free Trade Agreement – being compelled to abide by the rules of the single market, but having no longer a say in how these rules are drafted. André Sapir and Guntram Wolff point at what they define as the UK’s ‘sovereignty myth’: by opting out of the union, the UK could in fact find itself with less sovereignty, not more.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information: © 2016 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2017 12:09
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 20:30
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70630

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