Brexit

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Historical Approach of UK to the European Integration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. First European and Pan-European Integration Efforts and British Reluctance

      • David Ramiro Troitiño, Tanel Kerikmäe, Archil Chochia, Andrea Hrebickova

      Pages 3-20

   3. The First Attempts to Unify Europe for Specific Purposes and British Flexibility

      • Tanel Kerikmäe, Archil Chochia, David Ramiro Troitiño, Andrea Hrebickova

      Pages 21-32

   4. Cooperation or Integration? Churchill’s Attitude Towards Organization of Europe

      • David Ramiro Troitiño, Tanel Kerikmäe, Archil Chochia, Andrea Hrebickova

      Pages 33-56

3. British Strategy to the European Communities Before Accession

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. The First European Community and the British Position

      • Archil Chochia, David Ramiro Troitiño, Tanel Kerikmäe, Olga Shumilo, Nicole Lindstrom

      Pages 59-81

   3. De Gaulle and the British Membership in the European Communities

      • David Ramiro Troitino, Tanel Kerikmäe, Archil Chochia

      Pages 83-97

   4. Great Britain and Differentiated Integration in Europe

      • Rafał Riedel

      Pages 99-112

4. The UK Inside the European Communities/Union

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Enlargement to the UK, the Referendum of 1975 and Position of Margaret Thatcher

      • Archil Chochia, David Ramiro Troitiño, Tanel Kerikmäe, Olga Shumilo

      Pages 115-139

   3. The British Rebate and the Single European Act: Political Ramifications of an Economic Reform

      • Liisi Keedus, Tanel Kerikmäe, Archil Chochia, David Ramiro Troitiño

      Pages 141-151

   4. British Approach to the European Union: From Tony Blair to David Cameron

      • Holger Mölder

      Pages 153-173

   5. The Single Currency and the UK

      • Andres Tupits

      Pages 175-185

   6. The British Role in the Emergence of Multi-Speed Europe and Enhanced Cooperation

      • Liisi Keedus, Archil Chochia, Tanel Kerikmäe, David Ramiro Troitiño

      Pages 187-195

5. The British and European Future

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union: How to Understand the ‘Right’ of the Member State to Withdraw the European Union?

      • Andrea Circolo, Ondrej Hamuľák, Ondrej Blažo

      Pages 199-214

   3. From EFTA to EC/EU and Back to EFTA? The European Economic Area (EEA) As a Possible Scenario for the UK-EU Relations After Brexit

      • Christoph Schewe, Davids Lipsens

      Pages 215-235

   4. The Brexit and Private International Law: An Outlook from the Consumer Insolvency Perspective

      • Thomas Hoffmann

      Pages 237-248

   5. Impact of the Article 50 of TEU on Migration of the EU Workers in Case of Brexit

      • Lehte Roots

      Pages 249-264

While the discussions among Brexiters mainly focus on the referendum of 2016 or David Cameron’s “great miscalculation” and its repercussions, this book looks at the Brexit as a process that began decades earlier. It analyses EU-UK relations from a new perspective, taking into consideration the historical background, political aspects, and legal and economic matters. The book provides a holistic understanding of the Brexit, approaching the referendum and its outcomes as the culmination of a long process rather than an isolated political event crafted within the corridors of Westminster or Downing Street 10. Accordingly, it addresses a range of thematic issues, historical patterns of political and economic behavior both within and beyond the United Kingdom, and possible future effects on relations between the Union and one of its most important members.   

• EU - UK relations
• Euroscepticism
• EU integration
• Perspectives of the UK and the EU
• International relations

• Tallinn Law School, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

  David Ramiro Troitiño, Tanel Kerikmäe, Archil Chochia

David Ramiro Troitiño is a senior lecturer at Tallinn Law School of Tallinn University of Technology.

Tanel Kerikmäe is Director of Tallinn Law School at Tallinn University of Technology.
Archil Chochia is a researcher at Tallinn Law School of Tallinn University of Technology.

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