Associate Statehood for Scotland as the Way to Stay in Both the United Kingdom and the European Union: The Liechtenstein Example

KOLÇAK H.

ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, cilt.17, sa.1, ss.40-58, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Dergi Adı: ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.40-58
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Brexit referendum, constitutional crisis, Scottish independence, associate statehood, European Union membership, INDEPENDENCE, REFERENDUM, TERRITORIAL, SOVEREIGNTY, MANAGEMENT, FEDERACY, AUTONOMY
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Brexit Referendum in which the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU) without a nation-wide consensus upon this vote has resulted in a new constitutional crisis in Britain. As an outcome, Scotland, which strongly backed the Remain vote, is now searching for a constitutional option that enables it to stay in both the UK and the EU. As an interdisciplinary study which pays a particular attention to the confederal relationship between Liechtenstein and Switzerland, this article emphasises that associate statehood might be a constitutional option that would allow Scotland to stay in both of the unions.