Last updated by kprzemek on 2019-11-06. Originally submitted by tomski on 2019-11-04.
The Faculty of English has the pleasure of inviting everyone to TWO lectures by Michael Hindley, a former MEP from the UK: Britain’s Road to Brexit (Tuesday, November 5, 11:30 a.m., Sala Górna) and Can the UK and EU survive Brexit? (Wednesday, November 6, 3:00 p.m., Sala Górna).
Britain’s Road to Brexit
Tuesday, November 5, 11:30 a.m., Sala Górna
The lecture will trace how post war Britain stayed aloof from the early development towards to west European integration, preferring both a domestic agenda coupled to a desire to maintain its “Great Power” status. Finally joining belatedly only to become known as a “semi-detached member”. The revival of British exceptionalism, in the era of Mrs Thatcher, led to alienation from the mainstream of the EU, in turn leading to a 2016 referendum to leave the EU.
Can the UK and EU survive Brexit?
Wednesday, November 6, 3:00 p.m., Sala Górna
The Brexiteers’ prospectus is based on Britain’s ability to be a major free trade, lightly regulated economy which will thrive in the globalised modern world. Will this affect the coherence of the EU which may become more protectionist in world trading terms? Britain is also a net contributor to the EU budget- can the EU make up the deficit without cuts? And will the EU miss British pragmatic approach to further integration?
Michael Hindley has a BA (Hons) degree and studied German and French at London University and the Free University of West Berlin. He has MA from Lancaster University in Modern Literature and a post graduate diploma in International Law from the University of South Wales. He was a Member of the European Parliament for three terms and was Vice-President of the External Economic Affairs Committee. Michael is a freelance political consultant, writer and lecturer and since 2008 has acted as a as Trade Policy adviser to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). He has written reports on international political relations for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the EU Commission and the United Nations (UN) International Trade Centre, Geneva. Michael has been guest lecturer in current affairs (inter alia) at Keio University, Tokyo; Gottingen University, Germany; Georgetown University, Washington DC; Mangalore University, India and City University, Geneva.
