This event is upon invitation only. 

Panel discussion “After the Brexit, whither the European Union?”
Exchange of perspectives from France, Austria and the Netherlands

On 10 October 2016, this will be the main topic of a panel discussion hosted by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’, in cooperation with the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (ÖFZ) in Vienna and with the support of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Studies (AIES) in Vienna, the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI) in Paris and the French and Austrian Embassies in The Hague.

The referendum of June 23th backing the Brexit is a watershed in the history of European integration. The permissive consensus upon which European elites used to rely in the pursuit of European integration has been challenged once more, with unprecedented potency though. The referendum in the UK exposed to bright light the growing dissatisfaction nourished against the EU throughout Europe. It pointed at the EU’s perceived incapacity to respond to the multiple crises it faces, whether economic, political, ideational or security- and migration-related. It certainly marked a new climax in the decade-long rise of Euroscepticism and nationalism in Europe, while underlining the flaws and limitations of the democratic and economic model promoted by the EU both internally and externally. The Brexit not only illustrates these flaws and limitations; it also amplifies them by worsening the political and confidence crisis in the EU, by destabilising the European economy, reinforcing uncertainty and anchoring disintegration in EU narratives.

The panel discussion will focus on the rising EU-related dissatisfaction, of which the Brexit is the latest and most blatant illustration, the echo the referendum found in France, Austria and the Netherlands, and on the broader implications the Brexit may have for the future of the EU, both internally and externally. The event will be moderated by Jan Rood.

The programme can be downloaded below.

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