From Brexit to “Nexit” and “Frexit”?
The British have decided that the United Kingdom should leave the EU and this has evoked a political chaos. However, we do not what will happen next and when Great Britain finally leaves the contracts of the EU, but other “forces” in Europe have already made their statements of joy:
The right-wing populist Geert Wilders for example, who has become famous for his anti-islamic policy, quickly demanded a referendum for the Netherlands.
Although the Dutch parliament refused his motion of a “Nexit” referendum, this topic will be an interesting one in the next election period, since many Dutchmen seem not to be averse to a possible exit of the EU. Furthermore, he has already presented his plans of closing the borders of the Netherlands after a Nexit in order to keep Muslim refugees away from his country.
There were also reactions to the Brexit in France. Front National — member and niece of the party leader Marine Le Pen, Marion Le Pen has tweeted:
He aunt Marine le Pen already made clear that she wants a referendum in France, too. But this would only be possible if the president agrees and so this will probably also become a topic for the next election period in France, where the right-wing populists already have a large amount of supporters.
Like in the Netherlands and in France, we can observe this “pattern” of reactions to the Brexit votum in many other European countries. In my opinion, this bears a great danger for the EU and its future. Even without the Brexit, it seems not being able to perform with a united policy like in the refugee-crisis.
I think the EU has to enact reforms in order to make itself more popular again and get closer to the people. The problem is that it is too complicated with its institutions and therefore not democratic enough.
Martin Schulz, leader of the European Parliament, suggests to strengthen the EU by implementing a real European government with an elected head of government. But this won’t be possible, since each state of the EU has to agree with it and there are enough states in the EU who do not want to lose more sovereignty. So what can be the solution in order to solve the crisis? Will the EU fall apart? Will there be a “Core-EU” with only Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg? Would this “new EU” have the chance of being more capable of acting? We don’t really know, but the Brexit could also be a chance for the EU to encourage important changes.
