As Europe comes to terms with the UK electorate’s decision to leave the EU, there is great debate about the future of EU-UK relations. In this context, together with three colleagues, we recently proposed the creation of a Continental Partnership (CP) to structure the relationship between the UK and the EU after Brexit. The CP offers a relationship considerably less deep than EU membership but much closer than a free-trade agreement (FTA). So far, a FTA has been considered the default option for post-Brexit relations, even though it would also require considerable negotiation. We argued that deep economic integration between …read more
Source: Bruegel