EU accession | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Sat, 07 Apr 2018 21:18:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png EU accession | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 An Independent Scotland and the EU: What Route to Membership? https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/an-independent-scotland-and-the-eu-what-route-to-membership/ https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/an-independent-scotland-and-the-eu-what-route-to-membership/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:00:22 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=4667 Kirsty Hughes and Tobias Lock In-Depth Analysis In the event of independence, how might Scotland pursue EU membership? Kirsty Hughes and Tobias Lock explore the principal options, arguing that ensuring Scotland’s continuity with EU laws and policy would ultimately be more important than attempting to secure a fast-tracked route to membership, which would be completed …

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]]> https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/an-independent-scotland-and-the-eu-what-route-to-membership/feed/ 9 How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Britain’s Membership of the EU https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/how-did-we-get-here-a-brief-history-of-britains-membership-of-the-eu/ https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/how-did-we-get-here-a-brief-history-of-britains-membership-of-the-eu/#comments Tue, 24 May 2016 08:00:07 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=3278 Daniel Kenealy Britain’s Decision | The EU Referendum The shape of the UK’s relations with the EU has been defined by its unique historical understanding of its place in the world, writes Daniel Kenealy. He argues that, more recently, the increasing Eurosceptic dimension of the Conservative party and the electoral threat from UKIP combined to …

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