Brexit and the EU

By bouh
  • Period: to

    1st membership referendum

    widespread support for membership

  • UK joins European Economic Community

  • Treaty of Maastricht

    • EU = political union instead of a platform for economic collaboration
    • creation of unease in the UK -> loss of sovereignty
    • emergence of UKIP (UK Independence Party)

  • New membership referendum

  • Brexit

    • new age of 'global Britain'
    • economic cost + political turmoil + diminution of the support in UK