Can the EU Survive?

Published: June 28, 2016, 9:11 a.m.

The UK has voted to leave the EU, sending shockwaves through Britain\u2019s political class and its economy. Whatever the fate of Britain \u2013 and many fear years of damaging instability \u2013 Brexit is a serious blow to the European Union. Britain is far from the only member state with doubts about the scope of the European project. There are strong Eurosceptic movements in many other nations too. Some think the British precedent will boost their influence or that other nations will be able to use the threat of exit to undermine shared decision-making. And the loss of Britain \u2013 which is still, for now, Europe\u2019s second-largest economy \u2013 could leave the Union precariously unbalanced, with Germany too dominant within it. As the EU contemplates an uncertain future, we are asking whether the EU even has a future without the United Kingdom. Presented by Chris Bowlby.

(Photo: David Cameron, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Bulgarian Prime minister Roesen Plevneliev, Eurozone finance ministers with bank notes, euro coins and a map of Europe in the background. Credit: Getty Images)