BREXIT: Contemplating the European Union integration in terms of democracy after the first withdrawal from the Union

AuthorLeudita Ademi
Position'Luarasi' University, Tirana, Albania
Pages36-43
Vo
l.
6
N
o
. 2
J
u
ly
, 2020
A
cademic Journal o
f
Business,
A
dministration, Law and Social Science
s
II
PCCL Publishin
g
, Graz-
A
ustri
a
I
SSN 2410-391
8
A
cces online at www.ii
p
ccl.or
g
36
B
REXIT: Contemplatin
g
the European Union inte
g
ration in terms of
democrac
a er the rst withdrawal from the Union
L
eudi
t
a
Ade
m
i
“Luarasi”
U
niversity, Tirana,
A
lbania
Abs
tr
act
E
ngland le the
E
uropean
U
nion at midnight, on Friday 31
st
of January 2020. The so-called
Brexit shook the foundations of the
U
nity. Nevertheless it had this positive e ect, besides that
i
n the nal analyze it is just the exploitation of an opportunity that the
EU
legislative loophole
c
reated, it made
E
uropean
U
nion more alert, a entive and concentrated to not let anything
s
lip through the cracks created.
This article elaborates the
ow o
f
events up till Brexit so to comprehend it in order to anticipate
the further inte
g
ration, a version of resolution for Post-Brexit re-establishment of
EU
and the
c
urrent state of
E
uropean
U
nion a er Brexit.
K
e
y
words
:
B
rexit, democracy, enlargement,
E
uropean
U
nion,
f
reedom, resolution,
w
i
thdr
a
w
a
l
.
I
ntr
oduc
t
io
n
B
R
E
X
I
T (British exit) is the name that was given to the
p
rocess o
f
U
nited Kingdom
withdrawing
f
rom the
E
uro
p
ean
U
nion.
A
lthough the media and
EU
su
pp
orters
t
ook care to
p
rovide convincing data on the conse
q
uences o
f
the exit, es
p
eciall
y
the
e
conomic as
p
ect,
U
K became o
ciall
y
a third countr
y
b
y
1s
t
o
f
Februar
y
, 2020.
T
his stud
y
is a desk research, aiming at gathering s
p
eci
call
y
anal
y
tical and
i
nter
p
retative
p
ositioning o
f
E
uro
p
ean
U
nion institutions, not overlooking the
e
x
p
erts’ o
p
inions on the ma er, with the
p
ur
p
ose to rearrange conclusions, to
p
ave
a
smoot
h
er
p
at
h
in tr
y
ing to ca
l
m t
h
e tension t
h
at Brexit create
d
an
d
give a c
l
earer
p
icture on the sa
f
et
y
o
f
the uni
cation in the
f
uture.
Α
.
C
ompre
h
en
d
Brexit to anticipate European inte
g
ratio
n
O
n 2
3
r
d
o
f
June, 2016,
E
ngland held a re
f
erendum on leaving the
EU
, a mani
f
esto o
f
t
he Conservative Part
y
. The results o
f
the re
f
erendum, with 52% voting in
f
avor and
48% voting against leaving the
EU
,
p
rom
p
ted the ruling government to announce its
withdrawal
f
rom the
U
nion in March 2017. This is where the Brexit
p
rocess began
.
T
he Brexit
p
rocess
p
roduced two ver
y
im
p
ortant documents that go along together:
Th
e Wit
hd
rawa
l
A
greement an
d
T
h
e Po
l
itica
l
Dec
l
aration,
l
ega
lly
b
in
d
ing an
d
non
b
iding acts, res
p
ectivel
y
. The
A
greement entered into
f
orce on 3
1
st o
f
Januar
y
2020
a
nd determined a transition
p
eriod until 31
st
of
D
e
c
e
mb
e
r 2
0
2
0
.
A
ccording to the
A
rticle 50 o
f
Treat
y
o
f
Lisbon on the
p
rocedure
f
or a Member
countr
y
to leave the
EU
, the Withdrawal
A
greement was dra
ed, negotiated and
a
gree
d
, in or
d
er to set t
h
e con
d
itions on a
d
ecent
l
eave or ‘or
d
er
ly
manner’. During

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT