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The Island That Couldn’t Get Far Enough

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Abstract

Much has been said about Brexit, but the fact remains that there are two clear losers in this saga: Europe and the UK. Brexit was not meant to happen but it did. Both sides are now having to deal with its vast complexities and consequences. The impact of Brexit will be felt by both sides across multiple dimensions. For Bongiovanni the most significant consequence is that the European integration process—which had always been moving in the direction of more integration and which, for all its shortcomings, brought about an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity on the continent—has now shown that it can be reversed.

Brexit and its consequences across various dimensions

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    Alex Barker, Jim Brunsden. ‘EU unity masks fragile foundations’. Financial Times. Page 4. 22 June 2017.

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    ‘Brexit deal could be template for EU ties to Ukraine, Turkey, Germany’s Gabriel says’. Reuters. 6 December 2017.

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Bongiovanni, F.M. (2018). The Island That Couldn’t Get Far Enough. In: Europe and the End of the Age of Innocence. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74370-7_7

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