The UK in EU External Representation: a principled, yet pragmatic intergovernmentalist. IES Policy Brief Issue 2016/8• April 2016

Shahin, Jamal (2016) The UK in EU External Representation: a principled, yet pragmatic intergovernmentalist. IES Policy Brief Issue 2016/8• April 2016. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

By bundling the manifold policy expertise of the researchers of the Institute for European Studies (IES), this paper forms part of a series of analyses investigating the potential implications of a ‘Brexit’ scenario for different EU policies. All papers ask the same three questions: 1) What is the state of the EU policy in focus? 2) What is the UK’s role/interest in this policy field? 3) What are the potential implications of a ‘Brexit’ scenario at the policy-level? After Claire Dupont and Florian Trauner introduce the project, Richard Lewis sets the historical and cultural context and explains how the UK and the EU have come to such a low-point in their relations. Next, five policy fields are analysed: justice and home affairs; free movement policies; EU external representation; the (digital) single market; and environmental policy.

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