nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230419-204533-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230419s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230419-204533-0 doi eng 342 23 Maher, Imelda Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-8205-5755 Closure and Continuity - The EU, Ireland and the United Kingdom 50 Years On Maher, Imelda Verfassungsblog 2023-04-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Trade, sovereignty, rights and freedoms, courts, and constitutional change are lenses through which we can examine how two politically, culturally, and linguistically inextricably linked common law countries have defined their diverging relationship with the EU. 50 years on the divergence is complete. The UK is now a third country, charting a future outside the EU, while Ireland remains one of 27 Member States reporting high levels of trust and support for the EU. Hence 50 years on we have both the desire for closure (for the UK) and continuity (for Ireland). In fact, we argue that closure and continuity are necessary for the relations between both states and their relationship with the EU now and in the next half century. CC BY-SA 4.0 brexit Constitutional Change EU Membership Ireland United Kingdom Grogan, Joelle Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-3666-256X Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/closure-and-continuity/ raw object