Our World in 2018

EUROPE’S FUTURE
Brexit and the
microcosm of Europe
By Dr. Foteini Kalantzi
ce n’est plus grand chose” (“England
is not much anymore”). These were President
“L’Angleterre,
de Gaulle’s famous words as he vetoed British
entry into the EEC in 1963. At that moment, he was also
British from those of the continent. Last year, along
the same lines, the British nation expressed its will to
disentangle itself from the Eurocratic tentacles of Brussels.
The ongoing debate in the British media and Parliament
people, who are just left waiting and speculating as to the
outcome of this saga. Nigel Farage has of late expressed
the opinion that Leave’s mandate would actually increase
with a second referendum that he now thinks should take
.
May’s divided cabinet, British citizens and intimidated
Europeans residing in the UK are left in darkness. This
could be regarded as a lack of responsibility on the part of
leading Brexiteers and those implementing the outcome
of the referendum.
Since there is no certainty about the future, everyone
.
Brexit will make Britain great again. In this scenario, it will
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the rest of the world. Others portend an isolated post-
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London, Britain, 18 December 2017.
EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN
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