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Amazingly a month has flown by since the date of the referendum being set for 23rd June.<\/a> Since then, the topic has become one of the central focuses of my reading – particularly in light of the fact that I have been trying to mug up about the impact of it and to be better informed to in turn place myself in a position to be able to inform others. I’ve had requests from journalists requesting interviews and asking for my 2 pence \/ 3 Eurocents worth, and have answered all sorts of questions about Expat life.I’ve also been trying to understand how exactly the EU Treaties address\u00a0the issue of a Brexit, should the result of the referendum be that the United Kingdom should leave the European Union. There is an excellent post on the EU Law Analysis blog<\/a>,\u00a0which, even though it was written back in December 2014 prior to the last General Election, does a lot to explain how Article 50 of the EU Treaty<\/a> would be invoked.<\/p>\n

It highlights three particularly important provisions – Article 50 (3) to (5)<\/a> – and mentions how they would come into play in the event of the United Kingdom choosing to leave. Most importantly there would be a transitional period of up to two years and there would be a possibility to rejoin – I have heard some bandying about of the prospect to rejoin when conditions are more favourable for the United Kingdom, however, I cannot find any logic in that argument, since as I understand it the UK would be treated like any new accession country – and therefore would not be able to opt out of economic and monetary union. It would also take time to rejoin – and I suspect that there would be considerable opposition from other “core” Member States that see “hokey cokey” behaviour as brinkmanship and would be very wary of Great Britain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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