written by
Kyriazi, Anna ; Altiparmakis, Argyrios ; Ganderson, Joseph ; Miró, Joan
Quiet unity: salience, politicisation and togetherness in the EU’s Brexit negotiating position – West European Politics
26/10/2023
scritto da
Kyriazi, Anna ; Altiparmakis, Argyrios ; Ganderson, Joseph ; Miró, Joan

Abstract:

A surprising feature of Brexit has been the united front the EU-27 presented during post-referendum negotiations. This membership crisis arrived when the EU had been facing multiple overlapping political and economic crises revealing deep cleavages both between and within member states. How did negotiations prevent a widening politicisation of European integration? In this article a novel dataset is used, containing national and European newspaper Brexit coverage between 2016 and 2020 to establish how negotiating stances were formed in key EU institutions and five influential member states: Ireland, Spain, France, Germany and Poland. The results indicate that the European Commission could maintain a strong, centralised negotiating position over Brexit because the preferences of these member states were mutually inclusive, their negotiating stances aligned, and each national case was subject to generally low levels of domestic politicisation. As a result, while Brexit shocked the EU, its immediate fallout could be contained even during uncertain times.

To cite this article:

Kyriazi, A., Altiparmakis, A., Ganderson, J., & Miró, J. (2023). Quiet unity: salience, politicisation and togetherness in the EU’s Brexit negotiating position. West European Politics47(5), 1045–1071. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2023.2264717

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This project is funded with a Synergy Grant by the European Research Council under Grant Agreement n. 810356. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.