The European Union and the United Kingdom’s Withdrawal BREXIT

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the British relations with the European Union during the last five decades, and to provide analysis of Britain's contemporary position towards the EU. The main question posed by this work concerns whether Britain is well out of the European Union club after the referendum held in June 2016. In this regard, the dissertation is divided into two chapters. The first chapter involves an overview about the European Union since its creation after the Second World War by the so called The Founding fathers who contributed effectively to the foundation of the actual European Union wherein they worked hard in order to establish peace and stability in the European continent particularly in the aftermath of the WWII, through the establishment of an economic and political integration. The European Union has been created through many treaties and agreement between the EU’s countries and it saw different stages of enlargement and expansions. The Second Chapter provides an analysis of the delicate UK’s relationship with the EU caused by the rise of Eurosceptic convictions among the British people towards the EU which led to the British exit from the European Union bloc. The rise of Eurosceptic movements increased since the UK’s joining the EU in 1973 until 2016 when former Prime Minister David Cameron decided to hold a referendum on the UK’s membership in June 2016, wherein the Britons said ‘YES’ to withdraw from the European Union.