What impact will Brexit have on the decision-making processes and outputs of the European Union (EU)? Losing one of its largest member states – in terms of the size of the UK’s population, economy, diplomatic resources and military power – could have important consequences for the policies that the EU will adopt and for the relations among the remaining states. Much has been written about the causes of Brexit and its possible effects on the United Kingdom (UK) and the economic relations between the UK and the EU27. However, there has been little systematic analysis of the possible effects of Brexit on the functioning of EU institutions.

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