nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230411-190228-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230411s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230411-190228-0 doi eng 342 23 Everson, Michelle Author aut Integration as Disintegration - Towards a Confederation of the Isles? Everson, Michelle Verfassungsblog 2023-04-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 50 years after accession of Ireland and the UK to the EEC and seven years after the disastrous Brexit referendum, Ireland still sits pretty in the EU, but the UK and its Constitution have been called into possibly fatal doubt, especially as regards their integrative capacity, or continuing ability to bind distinct political classes and the nations of the Union to one another. Writing in early 2023, amidst the ruins of a Brexit reality, if not the end of the Brexit delusion, this short commentary foresees – possibly foolishly – a radical future of independent nations within a loose ‘Confederation of the Isles’, wherein Ireland might share some (symbolic) competences with Scotland, England and Wales, enabling a peaceful a prosperous coexistence within the North-western European archipelago. CC BY-SA 4.0 brexit Cassis EU Membership United Kingdom Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/integration-as-disintegration/ raw object