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Brexit: The EU27’s Momentary Lapse of Unity

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Vincent
Published date01 June 2020
Date01 June 2020
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1177/2041905820933374
34 POLITICAL INSIGHT • JUNE 2020
In 1974, Jean Monnet, one of the
European Union’s founding fathers,
wrote the problems facing Europe’s
nations were not the same as when the
European integration had begun almost 25
years earlier. But, said Monnet, the solutions
had not changed: ‘a transfer of power to
common institutions, majority rule and a
common approach to nding a solution to
problems [as] the only answer in [the] current
crisis.’
Monnet knew more than most about
the challenges of European integration.
He had been a central gure in European
co-operation after the Second World
War. Initially, the European Coal and Steel
Brexit: The EU27’s
Momentary Lapse
of Unity
Brexit seemed to increase internal cohesion among the remaining 27
EU member states. But will this newfound spirit of unity persist? And
how will the EU evolve after Brexit? Simona Guerra investigates.
Community – formed in 1952 - brought
together France and Germany, with the
former enemies pooling resources essential
for the reconstruction. In subsequent years,
European integration continued apace,
but accompanied by slowdowns, following
the Suez Crisis (1956) and the double
veto, by General Charles de Gaulle, on the
enlargement to the United Kingdom. Mindful
of the potential pitfalls of dealing with a raft
of national governments with competing
priorities, Monnet stressed that economic

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