Ekonomi ve Siyaset Bağlamında İngiltere-Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri: Tarihsel Bir Analiz

Yıl 2016, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 23, 71 - 102, 05.04.2016

Didem Saygın , Mehlika Özlem Ultan

Öz

Avrupa’nın hem ekonomik hem
de siyasi açıdan güçlü ülkelerinden biri olan İngiltere, 1970’li yıllarda
Avrupa Birliği’nin bir üyesi hâline gelmiştir. İngiltere’nin üyeliği çok kolay
bir süreçten geçmemiş, politik birtakım nedenlerle üç başvuru sonrasında
gerçekleşmiştir. Katılım sonrası süreçte de İngiltere’nin Birlik ile ilgili
sorunları devam etmiş, özellikle son dönemde Avrupa şüpheciliği İngiltere’de
yayılmıştır. İngiltere Başbakanı David Cameron konuyla ilgili olarak Avrupa
Birliği’nden ayrılık konusunu gündeme getirmiş, 2015’te yapılacak genel seçimleri tekrardan Muhafazakâr Parti’nin
alması hâlinde Avrupa Birliği üyeliğini referanduma taşıyacağını belirtmiştir.
Bu çalışmada, son dönemde İngiltere’de yükselen Avrupa şüpheciliği tutumu,
ekonomi politikaları, geçmiş hükûmetlerin Birliğe karşı bu yöndeki politikaları
ve tarihsel perspektiften mevcut hükûmetlerin tutumu dikkate alınarak
değerlendirilecektir. Böylece İngiltere’nin son dönemdeki Avrupa Birliği
karşıtlığı söylemlerinin nedenleri anlaşılmaya çalışılacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İngiltere-AB İlişkisi, Avrupa Şüpheciliği, David Cameron, Tony Blair

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