The British Referendum Case Study

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Right here in the twenty-first century people all around the world have the opportunity to witness not just local but international problems. One international problem is the British referendum, the referendum has the opportunity to change not only the world economy but also world relations between nations. “A referendum is basically a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part, normally giving a "Yes" or "No" answer to a question. Whichever side gets more than half of all votes cast is considered to have won." The British referendum problem all starts with it first appearing in 1975 after the British had shortly joined the European Union and a referendum was issued with the final vote resulting in the British …show more content…

With so many problems present in this referendum, Britain has made some demand for changes to be made and they came up with a list addresses the areas that the British want to cover. The British demanded that the European Union will maintain its single-market system and not impose policies that would discriminate against Britain for not adopting the euro. A few other demands were a cut in regulations and bureaucracy, exemption from commitment to pursue greater integration among European Union countries, and an increased role for national parliaments in the union’s decision-making. As well as an agreement to let Britain limit welfare benefits for European migrants for four years after they arrive in the country (Castle and Erlanger). After hearing all of those demands, the other countries that are in the European Union did not like that, especially the migrant since the EU views all citizens as equals. With the demands set in place and other countries in the European Union set with their view of the migrant this arises with the problem of a split EU and Britain. Britain right now is a country that is torn by colliding ideas. With those two sides having differing ideas they will also have different outcomes if they get their way, each having different pros and cons to …show more content…

But sadly it has been the only solution proposed between both sides, the European Union has stood their ground and hasn 't tried coming up with a solution. With the set of demands in mind, I think that if they were modified a bit then there could be a potential closing on the demand and referendum. The European Union has stated that the proposal that Prime Minister Cameron came up with is “highly problematic, as they touch upon fundamental freedoms of our internal market,” and says that the migrant presented by the Prime Minister is a “direct discrimination between E.U. citizens clearly falls into this last category,” (Castle and Erlanger). The way I see it is that if the European Union and British Prime Minister were to sit down properly in a some meetings that are spread out across in a course of a few days, then they could potentially work out a deal and find out what they both disagree and agree on. At the current progress rate, the two sides are taking they will get little done. But if the two sides were to meet in person with each other they could talk out the problems and try coming up with a middle ground that will work both the European Union and Britain. But if the two sides don’t find a middle ground soon or come up with a solution for this problem, then Britain will most likely leave and with the

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