Brexit
With
Brexit taking place in the weeks to come the situation may have a direct impact
in relation to territorial disputes such as the Falkland/Malvinas islands,
Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, and many others. For example, the bargaining
position of people in Northern Ireland can improve substantially.
Since the
United Kingdom is leaving the European Union, Northern Ireland has the
possibility to use self-determination. The next posts will make clear that
self-determination may imply independence but can result in other legal and political
arrangements. For instance, Northern Ireland could jointhe Republic of Ireland
and therefore, continue being part of the European Union.
The
next posts of the series TERRITORIAL DISPUTES will present the relationship
between national law and international law. From there, the relationship
between the law in the United Kingdom and the European Union will be explored
and in particular, the notion of supremacy or primacy (in a nutshell, European
Union law has priority over the national legal order of any of the Member
States, including the United Kingdom).
Thereafter,
the particular emphasis will be on free movement of people, European Union
citizenship, free movements of goods, capital and services. These are the “four
fundamental freedoms” that all Member States part of the European Union
reciprocally recognize and that the United Kingdom, will give up this year.
The
next posts will introduce: different academic and non-academic views; the
current situation; the views of the inhabitants in this places, that is the
Falkland/Malvinas islands, Gibraltar and Northern Ireland (because in any case
they are the ones who will live the consequences of any decision); coverage by
the media including all parties in the dispute; the ideal methodology to solve
the difference (what I call Egalitarian Shared Sovereignty); its application to
some controversial elements; and some conclusive remarks.
Monday 28th
January 2019
Jorge Emilio Núñez
Twitter: @London1701
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