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Joseph H. H. Weiler
Brexit: No Happy Endings I can think of no "happy ending" scenario to this unfolding saga: like malaria, it is a malaise that has nested since British accession back in 1973, and erupts from time to time, though the current eruption is potentially of fatal proportions.
One cannot overstate the damage that a full-fledged exit of Britain will inflict on the EU. The importance goes well beyond the specificities of the functioning of the Union. It will survive and continue to function, even perhaps in some respects with less engineroom screeching. But as a global presence in the world, shaping and reshaping the impact will be huge, and to the detriment of the UK, the Union and the world. And internally, though not much might change on the surface, it will at the deepest spiritual level of European integration - and make no mistake, at its core the European construct has always been more than a functional, utilitarian enterprise - the damage will be equally shattering.
There are many in Britain who are sceptical about the benefits of British membership. But if Brexit results from a referendum vote, it is quite likely that it will be an English exit majority, with the opposite outcome in Scotland - almost inevitably leading to a Scottish exit from the UK, a catastrophic result by all accounts for the UK.
