Small states and the EU: Does the EU promote secession within EU Member States?

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  • Núria González Campañá Universidad de Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.190.02

Abstract

This article reviews to what extent the EU integration process has had an impact, although unintended, in the consolidation of pro-independence movements across Europe. The article will show that, due to global trade and the legal norms against aggression put in place after WWII, it is now easier being an independent small state than it was before 1945. It will be shown that this is particularly true in the European context. Moreover, European regions play a very limited role in the EU governance and the EU remains predominantly a matter for states and the EU’s own institutions, which provides an additional incentive for those seeking statehood. The examples of the Scottish and Catalan pro-independence movements are taken into account to show that the European dimension played a pivotal role in their consolidation.

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2020-11-20

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