The EU is a supranational organisation, in other words more than one country is involved in it and that it has greater authority than any single country within it. European governments that choose to be members of the EU make an important decision to give up some of their national sovereignty and to agree on policies in social, political and economic matters which are of common interest (Perisic, 2010:2).
In other words, member states’ national policies and laws are equally bound by the EU institutions, norms and regulations. Some member states seem to be better integrated than others. Britain has consistently represented a difficult issue in European integration. This state is one of the greatest Eurosceptic since it, more than other states, finds it particularly difficult to link domestic and European policies together. The reason for this can be attributed to Britain’s historical, traditional, institutional and strategic background. (Perisic, 2010:2)
For nearly over forty years, Britain has been a member of the European Union (EU) and its forerunner organisations such as the Common Market, European Economic Community (EEC) and European Community (EC). (Bannerman, 2011) .On June 23rd 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU),
…show more content…
Britain’s economy may bear the brunt of the fallout from the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but another region of the world namely Africa according to analyst is set to be an unexpected victim of the vote. This assignment will discuss the impact of Britain (Brexit ) leaving the European union impact on Africa . It will discuss the both the positive and the negative impacts of the outcome of the referendum because there are different views on what the exit will have on Africa in particular and this is what this assignment aims to