Preparations for a Brexit: the EU will shape what happens after a vote to withdraw / Preparations for a Brexit: views from Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain / Preparations for a Brexit II: views from Croatia, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania and Romania

How might the rest of the EU respond to a British vote to withdraw from the European Union? Tim Oliver begins a series for LSE BrexitVote in which researchers based in the other 27 EU member states set out what positions their governments may take should exit negotiations be triggered.

As he makes clear in this introductory piece, while this is a very speculative exercise it will shed light on a side of the debate so far overlooked: the way the EU will shape what happens after a vote to withdraw.

• Primary Source

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: European views on the UK’s renegotiation: EU Member States ... http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-views-on-the-uks-renegotiation-italy-poland-bulgaria-and-malta-european-views-on-the-uks-renegotiation-france-the-netherlands-slovenia-and-latvia-european-views-on/

Blog: LSE BrexitVote, 21.04.16: Preparations for a Brexit: views from Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexitvote/2016/04/21/preparations-for-a-brexit-views-from-denmark-italy-the-netherlands-slovenia-and-spain/

Blog: LSE BrexitVote, 29.04.16: Preparations for a Brexit II: views from Croatia, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania and Romania http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexitvote/2016/04/29/preparations-for-a-brexit-ii-views-from-croatia-estonia-ireland-lithuania-and-romania/

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