Causes for the Brexit of the United Kingdom

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,3, AKAD University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the causes of Brexit, the United Kingdom's (UK) exit from the European Union (EU), and inquires what exactly led to this historic referendum. Historic developments of the EU with focus on the role of Britain and UK, and important events leading up to the referendum of 2016 are recounted. The origins of the decision to leave the EU and events following the referendum are presented. A special focus of this paper is the relationship of Britain and the EU and whether Brexit was inevitable.