EEA IN THE BREXIT’ SHADOW

The article analyzes the Brexit’s impact on the functioning of the European Economic Area (EEA). Brexit renewed interest to EEA format, as one of the options for future relations between the United Kingdom and the EU. But so close cooperation under the control of the Union did not meet the interests...

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Published in:Scientific and Analytical Herald of IE RAS
Main Author: Liudmila O. Babynina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences 2021
Subjects:
the european union
european economic area
brexit
norway
integration’ formats
fisheries
fta agreement
International relations
JZ2-6530
Norway
Iceland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15211/vestnikieran520219299
https://doaj.org/article/8fb6a5216abe4806ad15049032f2bc16
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Summary:The article analyzes the Brexit’s impact on the functioning of the European Economic Area (EEA). Brexit renewed interest to EEA format, as one of the options for future relations between the United Kingdom and the EU. But so close cooperation under the control of the Union did not meet the interests of Britain, which chose the greatest distance from EU rules and regulations. For nonEUEEAcountries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) Brexit entailed a visible political and economic shake-up. First, the fact of the country’s exit from the EU and the tough position of the British government contributed to the growth of Eurosceptic rhetoric in the non-EU EEA countries. Secondly, in connection with the withdrawal of the UK from all structures of the European Union, these countries had a need to sign new trade and fisheries agreements. These processes were of the greatest impact for Norway, as the most significant player in the EEA, a non-EU member. Analyzing these processes, the author comes to the conclusion that Brexit did not have a significant impact on the functioning of the EEA, but increased interest in various external formats of integration. In addition, the domestic political discourse has become more acute regarding the possible revision of the format of relations with the EU, especially in Norway, which is largely due to national elections, but, according to the author, this will not lead to real changes in the existing parameters of relations.

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