Newswise — Padraic Kenney, chair and professor, Department of International Studies and a professor of history, Indiana University. He can be reached at [email protected]. He currently is in Poland and can reached at 48-22-596-0000.
"The pessimistic version is that now there will be a rush for the exits. But Britain was always a special, reluctant case in the EU, and the loud calls for further departures will probably not be as popular in other countries. An optimistic version is that now the rest of the EU will be able to regroup and emerge stronger. But this will require some thinking about what it is that unites the countries of the EU. Until recently, EU leaders assumed that they knew what this was. The vote, and the support for anti-EU parties in so many countries, means it is time to take another look. A pragmatic EU, without all the lofty ideas but able to actually get things done, should appeal to most people in every EU country. If EU leaders try to play by the old rules, they may find their union weakening more and more."
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