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No; if anything, they will gain teeth. For many years, the UK has been a strong influence in a variety of directions (pro-swpat, for example, but often anti-reg
by ealexhudson 8y ago
No; if anything, they will gain teeth. For many years, the UK has been a strong influence in a variety of directions (pro-swpat, for example, but often anti-regulation), many of which were not well-aligned with their continental cousins.
The EU27 are better aligned without the UK, and will move forwards more quickly in many areas the UK would have held them back. Ongoing integration is very much still the plan.
In the meantime, the UK will have to stay very close to EU rules in order to continue to trade with its largest market. However, it already has little/no say in future rules, and that will stop altogether in March.
- mehrdadn 8y agoThanks! But note that by teeth I meant the ability to enforce, not the ability to legislate. I expect the more countries leave or lose interest, the easier it is to legislate, but the less leverage they have for actual enforcement, so I'm wondering how that balances out.
- Angostura 8y agoIN terms of enforcement of GDPR, the UK is committed to staying very close to the GDPR post-brexit, and the ICO will enforce.
- mehrdadn 8y agoOh wow, that's awesome :)
- kodablah 8y ago> and the ICO will enforce Brexit aside, will they? They don't have a track record of doing so previously.
- Angostura 8y agoThey tend to warn before fining, but nonetheless: https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/ https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/
- pjc50 8y agoThere's no sign of anyone else leaving yet. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-support-increases-in-europe-continent-but-also-exit-referendum-support/ https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-support-increases-in-euro... If any other country was going to do it, it might have been Greece during the financial crisis, but ultimately the same pressures apply: no country can pull up the drawbridge. Dependency on trade, investment, and migration of skilled staff is the backbone of a modern society. And leaving the EU does not make Europe go away, it just removes that country from the decision-making process.
- vidarh 8y agoThe only thing, I think, that might change this, would be if the UK against all odds manages to make Brexit successful. I personally don't think there's any chance of that, but if that were to happen, anti-EU sentiments elsewhere in Europe might grow. I think the reverse is more likely: That Brexit will serve to firm up EU support even more once the full effects become clear... I live in the UK, so I hope I'm wrong and that things will work out ok...
- matlock 8y agoBut to be honest it is in the interest of the other countries who want the EU to stay to make this really really hard on the UK. And the UK has almost no leverage (or has none to be precise). So while I absolutely hate to see it happen because I've got lots of friends in the UK, this is either going to hurt badly (hard Brexit), or the UK will simply lose any ability to shape the future of the EU while accepting most of its rules. Don't see any middle ground as the middle ground would massively hurt all other EU countries so its not going to happen.
- pluma 8y ago> And the UK has almost no leverage (or has none to be precise). Exactly. The UK's main leverage in negotiations was "do what we want or we leave". Now that they're leaving, there's nothing left.
- billpg 8y ago
- azernik 8y agoThe EU has always been limited more by political will to take action than by its theoretical power.