If the UK votes to leave: The seven alternatives to EU membership

The United Kingdom might vote to leave the EU in the forthcoming referendum. But the British people may be voting without any clear sense of the alternatives to EU membership. This policy brief considers the various options. An overarching theme is that, if the UK wants access to the single market when it has left the EU, it will have to accept three things: continued budget contributions, continued free movement of labour, and continued supremacy of EU law over British law in the single market.

ESO: Background information: If the UK left the European Union: Legal aspects and consequences of the various possible options http://www.europeansources.info/record/if-the-uk-left-the-european-union-legal-aspects-and-consequences-of-the-various-possible-options/

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

Centre for European Reform: Topic: Britain and the EU http://cer.org.uk/hot-topics/britain-eu

The Conversation, 27.01.16: Why pulling out of the EU won’t give Britain complete control over its affairs https://theconversation.com/why-pulling-out-of-the-eu-wont-give-britain-complete-control-over-its-affairs-53763

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