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EU has, in spite of formidable difficulties, continued to expand its territory since it was established, and the number of its member countries has increased to 28. Britain first applied for joining the EU in 1961 and finally became a member in 1973. After joining the EU, the UK managed to scrape along without major conflicts with other member countries. As the number of its members increased, however, a great deal of disagreements, and social, economic and cultural disparities among the member countries widened. Furthermore, the Eurozone took a great economic hit amid the financial crisis in 2007, and the anti-EU sentiment has rapidly spread out among the EU countries. With a growing popularity of the anti-EU political parties in England, Prime Minister Cameron promised to hold a referendum in 2013 on whether the UK should stay in the EU, as part of a political strategy of winning the 2015 general election. He expected the national referendum would easily reconfirm Britain's EU membership, which however turned out to be a serious miscalculation on his part. The result was that ‘Leave’ won by 52 percent to 48 percent. Cameron resigned the very next day after the referendum, and the new Prime Minister Theresa May began the process of leaving the EU. Britain's exit from the EU has been a complicated process. After several rounds of negotiations, EU and May finally came up with a withdrawal agreement. But this deal was rejected by the British Parliament three times. To take full responsibility, Mrs. May stepped down, and she was replaced by Boris Johnson. New Prime Minister Johnson had to undergo much difficulty to complete the withdrawal mission and the UK finally left the EU on December 31, 2020. The Brexit is considered as the most important event in the EU history after the unification of Germany. So a relevant in-depth study is required to understand the future development direction of the EU. With this viewpoint, in the present study I address in detail why the British voted to leave the EU, how the Brexit unfolded, and what kind of tasks and problems it has left to the UK itself and its neighboring countries.

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Ⅰ. 서론
Ⅱ. 브렉시트의 발생 원인
Ⅲ. 브렉시트 협상 진행 과정과 내용
Ⅳ. 브렉시트가 영국 및 주변국에 남긴 과제
Ⅴ. 결론
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• 정홍열 [ Hong-Yul Jeong | 한국해양대학교 해양인문사회과학대학 해양경영경제학부 교수 ]

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• 간행물명

  세계해양발전연구 [Journal of Ocean Development]

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  연간

• pISSN

  2287-1497

• 수록기간

  1994~2025

• 십진분류

  KDC 326 DDC 338