The Roots of 'Brexit': Institutionalization of Euroscepticism
Abstract
The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union on June 23, 2016, with 51.9% of the vote. It was a decision that surprised everyone, even though an analysis of the relationship between the two actors may indicate a certain alienation in the behaviour of Britain with respect to the European Union. Therefore, the thesis of this study is that the Leave campaign based its arguments on identity and emotional issues, for which they reproduced the historical traditions of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union. To defend it, the reasons put forward in the 2016 Referendum campaign will be analysed in order to find an explanation for the failure of the Remain and the victory of the Leave. In this analysis, parallels will be sought with the historical traditions that have marked the dynamics of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, with the aim of drawing a kind of holistic vision and understanding why Euroscepticism triumphed leading to the Brexit.
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