Brexit: The situation on both sides

Brexit, ever since the eve of Thursday 23 June, 2016 this phenomenon has dominated UK and EU relations. Day and night reports would fly on what deal has the British Parliament concocted now or which cabinet member resigned, it seems there is no end to the chaos not at least until the deadline is reached.


So let us take a step back and attempt to piece together what nearly two years of back and forth negotiations has needed both the EU and UK with.


On the UK side is where most of the debating has taken place, the initial problem the UK government faced other than the sudden resignation of the Prime Minister at the time David Cameron was that nobody quite knew what Brexit was and what it should be. The two most common terms used to describe what Brexit should be were soft and hard Brexit, soft meaning hardly and split from the EU such as staying in the common market and hard being a complete split from the EU leaving all of it's institutions. Add to this situation a snap election which reduced the current Prime Minister Theresa May's bargaining power as her party lost seats in Parliament rather than gain any, teenagers now eligible to vote protesting for a second Brexit referendum, elderly leave voters dropping like flies and the fear of a second Scottish independence referendum it seems the UK has known nothing but chaos the last few months. It is therefore no surprise that Brexit has physically, mentally and emotionally drained the country and now with only a few weeks left till the deadline it is not yet certain what Brexit will become.


On the EU side contrary to the UK all seems to be quiet as there are no debates between member states on what Brexit should be instead all states have publicly stated their concerns over the deal and entrust the EU to voice their concerns during the negotiations with the UK. Indeed the only bit of controversy from an EU member states is Spain's concerns over Gibraltar but that is currently being debated over and the result is uncertain.


As of yet both the EU and UK are uncertain on what the future holds for the two entities but let us hope that whatever the outcome the two of them remain close in both economic and defensive terms.