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Brexit: The Golden Chalice of European Demos Formation?
O'Leary, Erin
O'Leary, Erin
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2020-04-30
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In all its chaos, divisiveness and uncertainty, Brexit has not only raised considerable constitutional questions for the United Kingdom (UK) but has also led to the European Union (EU) reflecting on its self, its direction and how it comprehends and defines its existence both internally and on the global platform. One branch of speculative discussion on what a post-Brexit EU will look like is consideration of the role that the English language will play in the EU’s institutions once the EU loses the Member State that houses the demos for whom that language is associated. Whilst much of this discussion has necessarily focused on whether a different language could become the unofficial lingua franca of the EU institutions in terms of the practicalities of its day-to-day workings, the future role and use of the English language as a democratic legitimacy tool has barely been remarked upon.
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O'Leary, E. (2020). Brexit: The Golden Chalice of European Demos Formation? In E. Jones (Ed.), European Studies: Past, Present and Future (pp. 171-174). Agenda Publishing.
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9781788212823