Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256083 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comments No. 8/2009
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
The current turmoil in British politics has been a source of concern for many EU governments. The apparent instability of the Labour government, coupled with the Opposition Conservatives' sceptical attitude towards the EU's new institutional settlement, may induce the country's partners to loosen their links with the UK. Yet, continental states' gloomy prognoses about British European policy may be both unwarranted and self-fulfilling. Britain's partners must instead maintain their existing cooperation with the UK as well as take active advantage of the current flux in European policy-planning within the Conservative party
Document Type: 
Research Report

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