Abstract
AbstractThe United Kingdom has left the European Union on 31 January 2020. Discussions that preceded such a move were conducted in three dimensions: they pertained a post-Brexit relationship between the UK and EU, future conduct within the UK and the one within the EU. Whilst public discourse has been dominated by the first two, this paper approaches the third one – on how Brexit has affected relationships between remaining 27 EU Member States. Stemming from the calculation of Banzhaf indices, it assesses the impact of Brexit on the voting power of remaining Member States in the Council of the EU – arguably the most important body within the EU institutional architecture – and identifies which countries are going to record the most significant gains and losses in this respect.
Highlights
On 29 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) invoked the Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) to withdraw the country from the European Union (EU)
The paper analyses the impact of the UK leaving the EU on the voting power of the remaining Member States in the Council of the EU, one of the two main decision-making bodies of the Union under ordinary legislative procedure which covers the vast majority of areas of EU action
Approximately 90% of voting power of the United Kingdom in the Council of the EU has been distributed among these five countries
Summary
On 29 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) invoked the Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) to withdraw the country from the European Union (EU). In March 2017, very few people would have predicted almost three long years of political turmoil, which have resulted in the official departure of the UK from the EU on 31 January 2020 Prior to this date, long and complicated negotiations were conducted on the subject of the post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the EU, and future conduct within the UK and relationships between the EU Member States. The paper analyses the impact of the UK leaving the EU on the voting power of the remaining Member States in the Council of the EU, one of the two main decision-making bodies of the Union under ordinary legislative procedure which covers the vast majority of areas of EU action. It assesses how voting power in this institution has been redistributed: or in other words, which Member States have recorded the most significant gains, and most remarkable losses
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