TY - JOUR
T1 - The dynamics of de-Europeanisation in a multi-level context
T2 - Resistance and power politics in Scotland and Wales
AU - Minto, Rachel
AU - Rowe, Carolyn
AU - Royles, Elin
PY - 2025/1/20
Y1 - 2025/1/20
N2 - In recent years, theoretical models which seek to capture the dynamics of European integration and Europeanisation have turned their attention to new processes of disintegration, and de-Europeanisation, presenting new understandings of where politics, policy-makers and public opinion have moved to roll back integration. In this article looking at the process of de-Europeanisation in Scotland and Wales since 2016, we take forward this scholarship by providing a nuanced assessment of the multi-level effects of these processes and their implications. We find that despite ambitions to retain agency over the speed and direction of de-Europeanisation in Scotland and Wales, their resistance to the overall UK-led direction of travel has thus far produced few results, due to the continued constitutional dominance of the UK government. We argue that this expands on current understanding of de-Europeanisation in practice as we draw attention to the prevalence of “forced de-Europeanisation” in this case which has prevented these devolved governments of the UK from substantiating their particular re-engagement preferences. Consequently, the extent of differentiation in the processes of de-Europeanisation across the territories of the UK since Brexit has been limited, contrasting sharply with the differentiated model of Europeanisation which existed during British EU membership
AB - In recent years, theoretical models which seek to capture the dynamics of European integration and Europeanisation have turned their attention to new processes of disintegration, and de-Europeanisation, presenting new understandings of where politics, policy-makers and public opinion have moved to roll back integration. In this article looking at the process of de-Europeanisation in Scotland and Wales since 2016, we take forward this scholarship by providing a nuanced assessment of the multi-level effects of these processes and their implications. We find that despite ambitions to retain agency over the speed and direction of de-Europeanisation in Scotland and Wales, their resistance to the overall UK-led direction of travel has thus far produced few results, due to the continued constitutional dominance of the UK government. We argue that this expands on current understanding of de-Europeanisation in practice as we draw attention to the prevalence of “forced de-Europeanisation” in this case which has prevented these devolved governments of the UK from substantiating their particular re-engagement preferences. Consequently, the extent of differentiation in the processes of de-Europeanisation across the territories of the UK since Brexit has been limited, contrasting sharply with the differentiated model of Europeanisation which existed during British EU membership
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9886
JO - Journal of Common Market Studies
JF - Journal of Common Market Studies
ER -