The Tusk proposal and the Brexit debate: Not a bad deal at all?

Walzenbach, Gunter

Abstract

Of course ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’, but, as it stands, the Draft proposal for a Council Decision (EUCO 4/16) contains a number of concessions going a long way in the direction of the concerns raised by British Eurosceptics. For the sake of further debate it is worthwhile to recall the substantive proposals that President Donald Tusk has put on the table in addressing four key areas of British discontent. Taken together, they may constitute a fundamental transformation of the current EU-UK relationship many people seem to be craving for.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 4, 2016
• Publication Date: Feb 12, 2016
• Journal: E-International Relations
• Print ISSN: 2053-8626
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Brexit, European council, Tusk proposal
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914137
• Publisher URL: http://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/12/the-tusk-proposal-and-the-brexit-debate-not-a-bad-deal-at-all/