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Der Brexit und die Wahl Donald Trumps haben geschafft, was zehn Jahre Dauerkrise nicht bewirkt haben: ein neues Bekenntnis zur EU. Es gbt eine Bereitschaft für weitere Reformen; denn was zählt, sind Ergebnisse, nicht der Modus der Zusammenarbeit zwischen den EU-Staaten.

Hans-Jürgen Bieling und Stefan Schieren: "This time is different": die Besonderheiten der aktuellen Krise der EU. - S. 4-12

Flüchtlingskrise, Naher Osten, Ukraine: die Europäische Union erlebt an ihren Außengrenzen zeitgleich drei Krisen, die ihren Zusammenhalt in Frage stellen und zugleich mit der inneren Krise um Griechenland und die Euro-Zone rückgekoppelt sind. Welche Schritte sind notwendig, um das historische Friedensprojekt Europa wieder "wetterfester" zu machen? (IP)

This article scrutinizes the merits of holding a referendum over UK membership of the EU. It queries the assumption that direct democracy can somehow resolve the longstanding Europe question in British politics. To do this, the analysis traces the existence of an exceptionalist approach to the EU within Britain, now associated with re-negotiating UK membership in the shadow of a referendum. The article argues that the prospects for a radical reconfiguration of the UK's treaty obligations are slim, thereby increasing the risk of a vote to withdraw. Yet withdrawal would be the opposite of a simple solution to the Europe question. Political and economic interests dictate lengthy politicking over a highly complex post-Brexit settlement revisiting free movement of goods, services, capital and people. Such negotiations undermine any mooted cathartic benefits of a popular vote, while Eurosceptics will remain dissatisfied in the event of a yes, a result likely to further destabilize the Conservative Party. Consequently, the simplicity and decisiveness that a referendum-particularly one that spurns the EU-promises is merely a mirage as relations with the EU necessarily form part of an enduring British political conversation. (International Affairs (Oxford) / SWP)