Quiet unity: salience, politicisation and togetherness in the EU’s Brexit negotiating position

Kyriazi, Anna; Altiparmakis, Argyrios; Ganderson, Joseph; Miró, Joan

doi:10.1080/01402382.2023.2264717

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“…For example, it made influential and/or highly exposed member states to discover that they have at least compatible, if not identical, material interests regarding Brexit (Kyriazi et al. 2023 ). This may have silenced smaller member states, especially in Eastern Europe, even though they had expressed sympathy for the British aspiration soon after the referendum.…”

Section: Membership Crises That Might Bementioning

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“…The other member states appear to have been quite open to this prioritisation (Kyriazi et al. 2023 ; Laffan 2019 ).…”

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“…Moving from grand theory to a more empirical approach, the second paper by Kyriazi et al. ( 2023 ) tracks the negotiation of Brexit and the unfolding events at the European and domestic level of five especially influential EU countries. It traces the empirics of the polity’s defence, addressing the puzzle of how the EU – despite the potential for internal division – managed to present a united front during the negotiations.…”

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Brexit – the EU membership crisis that wasn’t?

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Kyriazi,

Ganderson

et al. 2024

West European Politics

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This introduction to the special issue recalls the alarm raised in EU capitals and Brussels after the UK’s in-out referendum delivered a Leave vote in June 2016. The fear was of a domino effect and the further fragmentation of an already divided EU. Seven years later, it is clear that there was rapid attrition of Eurosceptic triumphalism, and the EU-27 showed remarkable unity. This required a sustained collective effort to contain a membership crisis and maintain the EU polity. Yet, the issue contributors challenge the notion that the alarm was unfounded and explain why this counter-factual did not materialise, even though potential for future membership crises of different sorts was revealed. Theoretically, this supports an understanding of the EU as a polity that is fragile, yet able to assert porous borders, exercise authority over a diverse membership, and mobilise a modicum of loyalty when the entire integration regime is under threat.

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“…The other member states appear to have been quite open to this prioritisation (Kyriazi et al. 2023 ; Laffan 2019 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Brexit – the EU membership crisis that wasn’t?

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Kyriazi,

Ganderson

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West European Politics

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The short-lived hope for contagion: Brexit in social media communication of the populist right

Miró,

Altiparmakis,

Wang

2024

West European Politics

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Maintaining the EU’s compound polity during the long crisis decade

Ferrera

Kriesi

Schelkle

2023

Journal of European Public Policy

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The EU is still fragile after its long decade of crises since 2008, and its durability remains an open question. New capacities were created during this time. But it is not clear how robust they are and whether developing them further will encounter insurmountable obstacles, including resentment by citizens. Over time, tensions and disagreements unleashed three foundational conflicts: conflicts over sovereignty (who decides), solidarity (who gets what when and why) and identity (who we are). The crisis politics that was deployed to deal with such tensions has often constrained policy responses in scope and effectiveness. Against the odds, however, the destructive spiral stopped short of driving the Union into self-destruction: a circumstance that calls for an explanation. We summarize empirical research that shows three ways in which this unexpected resilience can be explained: public rhetorical action, externalization strategies, and the paradoxical strengths of a weak centre in achieving polity maintenance.

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Quiet unity: salience, politicisation and togetherness in the EU’s Brexit negotiating position

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

Brexit – the EU membership crisis that wasn’t?

Brexit – the EU membership crisis that wasn’t?

The short-lived hope for contagion: Brexit in social media communication of the populist right

Maintaining the EU’s compound polity during the long crisis decade

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