AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ’NDEN ÇIKMA HAKKI VE AVRUPA KİMLİĞİ ARASINDA BİR BAĞLANTI VAR MIDIR? BREXIT ÖRNEĞİ

Year 2021, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 256 - 266, 01.06.2021

Özlem Sefer

https://doi.org/10.14514/BYK.m.26515393.2021.9/1.256-266

Abstract

Lizbon Antlaşması’nda yapılan en temel düzenlemelerden biri, üye ülkelere Avrupa Birliği’nden (AB) çıkma hakkı getiren 50.maddedir. 2016 senesinde Birleşik Krallık’ta yapılan referandumda, Birleşik Krallık vatandaşları Birlik’ten ayrılmak yönünde oy kullanmış ve Birleşik Krallık AB’den ayrılmayı tercih eden ilk ülke olmuştur. AB’de ortak bir kimlik oluşturulması en önemli meselelerden biri olup, AB düzeyindeki hukuki düzenlemelerle de bağlantılıdır. Makalede, AB’de kimlik kavramı, AB’deki hukuki düzenlemelerin Avrupa kimliği oluşturmaktaki rolü ve çıkma hakkıyla AB’deki kimlik konusu arasındaki ilişki Brexit örneği göz önüne alınarak incelenecektir.

Keywords

Avrupa Kimliği, AB’den Çıkma Hakkı, Brexit

IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EU AND EUROPEAN IDENTITY? THE BREXIT CASE

Abstract

One of the main regulations made in the Treaty of Lisbon is Article 50, which brought the right of withdrawal from the European Union (EU) to the member states. In the referendum that was held in the UK in 2016, the UK citizens voted to leave the Union and the UK became the first country that preferred to withdraw from the EU. The construction of European identity in the EU has been one of the most significant issues related to legal regulations at the EU level. This article will examine the concept of identity in the EU, the role of the legal regulations in the EU in the construction of European identity, and the relationship between the right of withdrawal and identity in the EU by analyzing the Brexit case.

Keywords

European Identity, The Right of Withdrawal from the EU, Brexit

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