- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Avant-propos
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Table of Cases
- Introductory Remarks
- 1 The <i>Acquis</i> and Its Principles
- 2 On the Legal Enforcement of Values. The Importance of the Institutional Context
- 3 Pluralism and Systemic Defiance in the EU
- 4 Infringement Proceedings
- 5 Making effective use of Article 260 TFEU
- 6 Preliminary References as a Means for Enforcing EU Law
- 7 <i>Francovich</i> Enforcement Analysed and Illustrated by German (and English) Law
- 8 The Bite, the Bark, and the Howl
- 9 Compliance and Enforcement in Economic Policy Coordination in EMU
- 10 Rule of Law Values in the Decentralized Public Enforcement of EU Competition Law
- 11 Soft Law and the Enforcement of EU Law
- 12 Protecting EU values
- 13 A Democracy Commission of One’s Own, or What it would take for the EU to safeguard Liberal Democracy in its Member States
- 14 Application of the EU CFR by National Courts in Purely Domestic Cases
- 15 Enforcement of Federal Law against the German <i>Länder</i>
- 16 The Enforcement of Federal Law in the Belgian Federal State
- 17 Regional Defiance and Enforcement of Federal Law in Spain
- 18 Enforcement of National Law against Subnational Units in the US
- 19 The Enforcement of ECtHR Judgments
- 20 Enforcing WTO Law
- 21 Enforcement of UN Security Council Resolutions and of ICJ Judgments
- 22 Securing Compliance with Democracy Requirements in Regional Organizations
- 23 Defiance by a Constitutional Court—Germany
- 24 Defiance for European Influence—the Empty Chair and France
- 25 Questioning the Basic Values—Austria and Jörg Haider
- 26 Challenging the Basic Values—Problems in the Rule of Law in Hungary and the Failure of the EU to Tackle Them
- 27 Weak Members and the Enforcement of EU Law
- 28 Inside but Out? The UK and the EU
- Index
Inside but Out? The UK and the EU
Inside but Out? The UK and the EU
- Chapter:
- (p.493) 28 Inside but Out? The UK and the EU
- Source:
- The Enforcement of EU Law and Values
- Author(s):
Adam Łazowski
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter explores the UK’s relations with Europe and the political discourse dominated by the ‘inside but out’ school of thought. In this context, the chapter considers three issues: whether the UK has remained a difficult Member State all the way through, where the UK’s defiance has manifested the most, and whether it will exercise even more defiance as it leaves the EU. This chapter argues that the approach pursued by the UK authorities was to fight for its own interests in the negotiations leading up to the adoption of legal acts, be it primary or secondary legislation. Once concessions and opt-outs were secured, the UK would stop being a difficult Member State and in general terms complied with the obligations undertaken. However, the chapter also considers the implications of Brexit and how it will affect the UK’s relations with the EU afterwards.
Keywords: United Kingdom, UK, Brexit, EU exit, EU divorce, Member State, Europe
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Avant-propos
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Table of Cases
- Introductory Remarks
- 1 The <i>Acquis</i> and Its Principles
- 2 On the Legal Enforcement of Values. The Importance of the Institutional Context
- 3 Pluralism and Systemic Defiance in the EU
- 4 Infringement Proceedings
- 5 Making effective use of Article 260 TFEU
- 6 Preliminary References as a Means for Enforcing EU Law
- 7 <i>Francovich</i> Enforcement Analysed and Illustrated by German (and English) Law
- 8 The Bite, the Bark, and the Howl
- 9 Compliance and Enforcement in Economic Policy Coordination in EMU
- 10 Rule of Law Values in the Decentralized Public Enforcement of EU Competition Law
- 11 Soft Law and the Enforcement of EU Law
- 12 Protecting EU values
- 13 A Democracy Commission of One’s Own, or What it would take for the EU to safeguard Liberal Democracy in its Member States
- 14 Application of the EU CFR by National Courts in Purely Domestic Cases
- 15 Enforcement of Federal Law against the German <i>Länder</i>
- 16 The Enforcement of Federal Law in the Belgian Federal State
- 17 Regional Defiance and Enforcement of Federal Law in Spain
- 18 Enforcement of National Law against Subnational Units in the US
- 19 The Enforcement of ECtHR Judgments
- 20 Enforcing WTO Law
- 21 Enforcement of UN Security Council Resolutions and of ICJ Judgments
- 22 Securing Compliance with Democracy Requirements in Regional Organizations
- 23 Defiance by a Constitutional Court—Germany
- 24 Defiance for European Influence—the Empty Chair and France
- 25 Questioning the Basic Values—Austria and Jörg Haider
- 26 Challenging the Basic Values—Problems in the Rule of Law in Hungary and the Failure of the EU to Tackle Them
- 27 Weak Members and the Enforcement of EU Law
- 28 Inside but Out? The UK and the EU
- Index