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  GLOBAL EUROPE IN THE FACE OF MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL CRISES 1.2.1. Post-Brexit and Nation-State The UK was not an original member of the EEC. It joined it late in 1973,and never became part of the Schengen Agreement or the eurozone. In2014, the UK’s right-wing populist political party, the UK IndependenceParty (UKIP) was able to capture 24 out of 73 seats of Britain’s in its election to the European Parliament.  The UKIP and Eurosceptic members within the Conservative Party, pressurised the UK’s the then PrimeMinister, David Cameron,to hold a referendum on the EU membership,which he pledged only if Conservatives won the 2015 general elections. After gaining amajority in general elections, Cameron’s gamble was put tothe test. He himself supported remaining in the EU hoping that the Britishpublic would vote in favour of the EU. However, on June 23, 2016, 17.4million voted to leave the EU while 16.1 million voted to remain part of it.The following day, David Cameron resigned as ...

  EU-UK relations: Joint Committee adopts new Windsor Framework arrangements and Partnership Council looks to the future London, 24 March 2023 The tenth meeting of the EU-UK Joint Committee and the second meeting of the EU-UK Partnership Council took place in London today. Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič represented the European Union, while UK Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, represented the United Kingdom. A joint statement following both meetings is available online here . Joint Committee The Joint Committee adopted today a decision laying down the arrangements relating to the Windsor Framework. This decision covers, amongst others, the arrangements for the movement of goods not at risk of entering the Single Market, the “Stormont Brake”, and VAT and excise-related solutions, including the establishment of the Enhanced Coordination Mechanism for VAT and excise. A series of Recommendations, Joint Declarations and Unilateral Declarations have also been published, clarifying how di...

  Politics   On 27 February 2023, the Commission and the UK government reached a political agreement in principle on a new way forward as regards the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland – the Windsor Framework – a political declaration which includes joint solutions across different areas: governance, customs, agri-food products, VAT and excise, State aid, medicines and TRQs. EU Member States unanimously agreed to the Windsor Framework at the General Affairs Council on 21 March 2023 .  Alternatively, Uri Avnery equates a one-state solution with "turning Israel into a non-national state", and argues "Israeli superiority in nearly all practical fields-economic, social, military-would be such that the Palestinians would be turned into an exploited underclass devoid of real power". Avnery goes on: "The national struggle would by no means cease. It would make it much easier for Jews to buy Arab land on the West Bank, control immigration, and take other measures to ...