To Brexit Or Not To Brexit. The European Union Of Today

The European Union (EU) is a political economic union of 28 members. The founders are France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Italy, Netherlands, and Germany. The Maastricht treaty established the European Union in 1993. The EU aims to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services and capital and regional development. These 28 member states have successfully integrated because of their similar cultural lifestyles.

The Union initially developed from the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty by the founding countries which was signed in Paris in 1951. It was created for the free movement of coal and steel among countries with the free access to sources of production. The Treaty expired on 23rd of July 2002 (Europa.eu, 2010). This Treaty was very successful as it created better relationships between member countries, which lead the countries to sign the Treaty of Rome on the 25th of March 1957. The Treaty of Rome

With diminishing control of what happens in Britain, the British people decided it was best to vacate the union. The British were dealing with the laws given by the European members who were not living and experiencing the country themselves. To provide an example of a ghastly law given to the British people, they, as part of the European Union, were only allowed to catch 20% of the fish swimming in British territorial waters. What this meant was that tens of thousands of jobs were lost and they were not able to use one of the most significant resources given to them, as Britain is surrounded by ocean. Nigel Farage, Leader of the UK Independence Party, says that his fellow Englishmen, “effectively gave away the ability to look after one of our greatest resources to a bureaucracy based in Brussels.” Because of the way the government was set up, “Not only could the voters not change anything, but the institutes themselves are incapable of reform.” With an already maimed government, the European Union was creating more problems than it was solving. The British people had enough of giving up their rights as British citizens so the European Commission could tell them how to live. Therefore, with problems like those arising from the Union and with no hope to resolve them, Britain filed for secession and pulled out of the union

This report will look at the benefits and issues surrounding the UKs decision to remain as a member state of the European Union (E.U.). Along with the newly elected conservative government, came the announcement that a nationwide referendum would be held, by the end of 2017, in order to determine the British public’s stance on the issue of EU membership.

Immigration – the UK does not have enough control over its borders. Under the current EU’s fundamental right of free movement, any citizen of a member state is permitted to move and work in the UK without first obtaining a visa, and in some circumstances, access to benefits. Additionally, the migrant crisis that has found its way to the UK’s doorstep in Calais, France has created a cause for concern as migrants endlessly try to make it to UK soil and claim asylum. By leaving the EU, Brexiters argue, the UK government will have the power necessary to stop and control the migrant invasion.

The European Union was initially set up as a means to terminate the conflict that occurred within Europe throughout the 20th century, culminating with the end of The Second World War (WWII) and The Cold War that followed. The EU ultimately aimed to bring the member countries together in order to form an ‘ever closer union’ between the countries of Europe, thus preventing a future battle. The Union started as the European Economic Community (EEC), which was established in 1957, and over the years endured numerous adjustments to form the politico-economic union that we know of today.

Since 1973 when the British first joined the European Union their membership has been a controversial issue. When conservatives in the United Kingdom won the general election in 2015, their election manifesto promised to hold a referendum on whether or not the United Kingdom should stay or leave the European Union. The referendum also referred to as “Brexit” is scheduled to take place by the end of 2017. The United Kingdom initially joined the union to be part of the common market for the purpose of trade and to develop international relationships. The main argument for those who are pro Brexit is that being part of the European Union is too costly for the United Kingdom, that the EU has grown to large, has interfered to far into

On Thursday 23rd of June, the UK decided to leave the EU via a referendum. This was a shock to not just the British public, but also the world as it resulted in a colossal level of uncertainty for everyone. But how did this unexpected result happen? One reason why the British public voted to leave the EU can be blamed upon the scaremongering that was proceeded by the British media. I will be focusing on the time period from 2004 until now because this is the period after the A8 (Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Slovakia, Poland and Czech Republic) joined the EU.

Who wanted Brexit? Who voted for Brexit? The main support for Brexit came from a coalition party who was less educated, less financially successful and backed by older conservative voters who saw immigrants as a burden and felt left behind by modern life. These left-behind voters who supported Brexit they did not think of economy of their country. However there is not enough evidence that the leave vote was mainly determined by the desire of taking back the nations control from EU or by the voters who blames EU for their financial and social

They impose too many rules on business and charge billion’s a year in membership fees for little in return. Britain also stated that another reason they want to leave is because of sovereignty and democracy. Britain wants the UK to take back full control of its borders and reduce the number of people coming to work and live there. In other words, they want immigration control. One of the main principles of EU membership is free movement. This means that you don’t need to get a visa to live in another EU country.

People have created unions many times but not all of them were successful, specifically when we consider alliances among number of countries with different economics, political systems and culture. For instance, last century brought both the biggest collapse and the most promising union in the modern history. Although U.S.S.R has disappeared from geographical maps, some of its members joined another alliance. The European Union (EU) is an economic and political partnership that united 28 countries on the European part of Eurasia and represents a unique form of cooperation among members today.

Britain withdrawing the European Union has always been an ongoing discussion, one of the many goals pursued by some British political parties, along with groups of people and individuals. Leaving the European Union is a right that every country that is part of the Treaty on the European Union has (Article 50 of the treaty), and this is what the Conservative political parties that proposed the referendum are triggering to impulse a faster withdraw from the EU; specially the new prime minister Theresa May. There had been another referendum in 1975, but it resulted in

The UK people decide to leave the EU (British exit, or Brexit) through a referendum on June 23, 2016. The stock market reacts negatively to the results of this Brexit referendum. The value of the pound immediately drops. The reasons behind this referendum are that during the EU membership, the citizens of the United Kingdom feel that the sovereignty of the state is not enforced, the issue of immigration and the amount of contribution to the EU budget which is not comparable to that returned by the British.

Analyses show that by 2015 voter survey, the Leave campaign had a massive impact on the older population who was tired of the government ignoring them and not listening to their stresses. A portion of the votes to leave was done so in frustration in hopes it would get their officials attention, rather than actually wanting to actually break with the European Union. UKIP supporters have been predicted to be the driving force in the name of leave, coupled with the Conservative party and the Labor-Liberal Democrats the “Vote Leave” was pushed through the media by storm to circulated what they deemed as a well-needed independence.

There are multiple reasons for campaigners voting to leave the EU, a key reason was the weakness of Parliamentary sovereignty due to membership in the EU. Britain joined the European Economic Community in 1972 which advocated the European Communities Act 1972. Features of this act included the way in which “Parliament voluntarily gave effect to the UK 's obligations and duties under the former Community and now EU Treaties in national law.” , this meant Parliament would transfer authority within UK law to the EU involvement. Campaigners for Brexit saw the need for the reintroduction of Parliamentary sovereignty through commonly promoted statistics concerning the effect of the EU on UK law, some Brexit campaigners were motivated by the claim that “65% of UK law is EU-influenced” however this figure included law “which have little impact on the UK”. Here we see the influence of these statistics in the need for regaining supremacy.