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In Charts: EU/UK Futures

What are the economic forces and factors that determine the UK’s future in a Brexit environment?

April 14, 2019

What are the economic forces and factors that determine the UK’s future in a Brexit environment?

A key Brexiteer criticism of the EU has been how much membership of the bloc costs. But how much does EU membership actually cost the UK? And what benefits does it get back in return?

Also browse The Globalist’s Brexit article collection by clicking here.


The Brexit options from which the UK can choose


Breakdown: EU membership fee


Under which agreements the UK trades


European political structures

Source: European Commission


EU political structures: The future?


Voter turnout EU Parliamentary elections 2014.

Source: UK Parliament


Projected share of seats in EU Parliament 2019 without UK


Views on the future of the EU

Source: European Commission


The UK fruit farmer who voted for Brexit

How will a lack of EU migrants affect Britain’s workforce? (from Channel 4 News).

To watch the video, click here.


To read the full report on the costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections for the UK, click here.

Takeaways

What are the economic forces and factors that determine the UK’s future in a Brexit environment?