The European Union’s participation in international organizations in times of Brexit

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https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rdce.67.06

Abstract

This article approaches one of the most outstanding manifestations of the European Union’s external action, namely its participation in International Organizations. In this context, as a novel aspect, we study the legal-political impact that the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union is having on their relationships with International Organizations.

Facing the uncertain panorama posed by Brexit, this article examines the possible scenarios, the applicable regulations and the negotiations aimed at reaching an EU-UK Agreement that regulates their relations after the transitional period. The study identifies certain predictable patterns in the various categories of EU and UK participation in International Organizations. The specificity and intensity of the adjustments to be made (for example, in the rights inherent in membership) will be affected by the peculiarities of each International Organization, as well as by the political context. The analysis argues that the EU is in a privileged position in the majority of International Organizations — which has been progressively consolidated through its Treaties, jurisprudence and practice — to adapt and affirm itself as an international actor, in a context in which Brexit appears as an illustration of the crisis of institutional multilateralism.

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Author Biography

Carmela Pérez Bernárdez, Universidad de Granada

Profa. Carmela Pérez Bernárdez

Profesora Titular de Universidad

Departamento de Derecho Internacional Público y Relaciones Internacionales

Facultad de DerechoUniversidad de Granada

Published

2020-12-14

How to Cite

Pérez Bernárdez, C. (2020). The European Union’s participation in international organizations in times of Brexit. Revista De Derecho Comunitario Europeo, (67), 963–1005. https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rdce.67.06