Brexit 1: Activación del mecanismo de retirada voluntaria del Reino Unido de la Unión Europea y preparación de las negociaciones

Abstract

On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union after 43 years of membership. This paper looks into the political and institutional steps taken, or to be taken, both by the UK and by the EU in the context of the Brexit vote, and into how matters may evolve in the coming months and years. It analyses, in broad terms, the possibilities for a future association between the Union and its departing member and, finally, the consequences that the departure of a large Member State may entail for the rest of the policies of the Union and for the Union itself It analyses, in broad terms, the possibilities for a future relationship between the Union and its departing member and the consequences that the departure of a large Member State may entail for the rest of the policies of the Union and for the Union itself. The study also briefly examines the potential for institutional progress that opens with the departure of the United Kingdom