The Right to Withdraw from The European Union and The Brexit Process

Year 2018, Issue: 34, 341 - 365, 01.04.2018

Gökçe Topaloğlu

Abstract

Since there was no regulation about the right to withdraw from the European Union before the Lisbon Treaty entered into force, it was necessary to make an assessment under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. With the article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, an arrangement has been introduced that member states should be able to request unilateral separation. The United Kingdom has made the first withdrawal notification under the relevant provision. While the process of separation is not prominent yet, the debate continues and the United Kingdom aims to reduce the negative effects of the withdrawal with the Great Repeal Bill. After analysing the right to withdraw from the EU in the pre-Lisbon period, the regulations under article 50 of the TEU has been assessed in the study. In this context the extent of the impacts and consequences of the withdrawal will be evaluated by discussing the legislations of UK and debates in doctrine.

Keywords

European Union, Withdrawal, Brexit, United Kingdom, Lisbon Treaty, Article 50

AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ’NDEN AYRILMA HAKKI VE BREXIT SÜRECİ

Abstract

Lizbon Antlaşması’nın yürürlüğe girmesinden önce Avrupa Birliği’nden ayrılma hakkına ilişkin bir düzenleme bulunmadığından, Viyana Antlaşmalar Hukuku Sözleşmesi kapsamında değerlendirme yapmak gerekmekte idi. Lizbon Antlaşması’nın 50. maddesi ile üye devletlerin tek taraflı olarak ayrılma talebinde bulunabilmelerine ilişkin düzenleme getirilmiştir. Söz konusu hüküm kapsamında ilk ayrılma bildirimini ise Birleşik Krallık yapmıştır. Ayrılmaya ilişkin süreç henüz tam netleşmemişken doktrinde tartışmalar devam etmekte, Birleşik Krallık ise Büyük Fesih Yasası ile geçişin olumsuz etkilerini en aza indirgemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada Lizbon öncesi dönemde AB’den ayrılma hakkına ilişkin incelemeler yapıldıktan sonra, ABA madde 50 hükmündeki düzenlemelerin değerlendirilmesi yapılmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda Birleşik Krallık hükümetinin yapmış olduğu çalışmalar ve yasama faaliyetleri ile doktrindeki tartışmalar ele alınarak, ayrılmanın etki ve sonuçlarının kapsamı değerlendirilecektir.

Keywords

Avrupa Birliği, Ayrılma, Brexit, Birleşik Krallık, Lizbon Antlaşması, Madde 50

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