spotlight europe #2016/01: How Brexit opens a window of opportunity for treaty reform in the EU

摘要

Whether policymakers in Brussels and across European capitals like it or not: after the UK formally withdraws, the remaining EU member states will need to change the EU treaties and other quasi-constitutional EU laws. They will have to adopt key legal acts – such as a new decision on the allocation of the seats in the European Parliament and new rules on the funding of the EU – to account for a new Union at 27 member states. In sum, Brexit opens a window of opportunity for a broader constitutional reform that could be exploited to improve the architecture of the EU.