The LSE Commission on the Future of Britain in Europe aimed to inform the national debate on Britain’s membership of the European Union, with high quality, evidence-based and balanced analysis.
Its purpose was to meet the public need for reliable information in the run-up to the national referendum.
The work of the Commission concentrated on a series of expert hearings convened by LSE academics. Participants included senior British and EU public officials, policy practitioners, academics, think tanks, journalists and business representatives.
The hearings examined “negotiation issues”, the options for a reconfigured UK-EU relationship and the wider impact of a Brexit on the UK, as well as on the EU as a whole.
The convenors’ reports of their individual hearings contributed to a final report setting out an overall assessment of the case for continued British EU membership or a Brexit. You can read a summary of the report here and each report here.
The Commission was coordinated by Professor Iain Begg of the LSE European Institute.
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Posts by Commission participants
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A breakdown of EU norms and rules risks opening Pandora’s box
The dispute between Italy and the European Commission over the Italian budget for 2019 illustrates a shift in how member states treat the obligations of EU ...more
They won't like a bit of British butter on their bread: the problem of tariffs after Brexit
Countries impose customs duties on imported goods. How would UK exports be affected if we left the EU's Common Customs Tariff regime? Michael Johnson explains how ...more
Ever closer to different destinations: how the renegotiation changed the EU's aims
The EU is the result of an ongoing creative project, write Simon Glendinning and Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz, who report on the last session of the LSE Commission ...more
The £8bn question: would local councils be better off outside the EU?
Local authorities are due to receive £8bn in EU funding between 2014 and 2020. But would leaving the EU free up money to be spent ...more
Jobs are good ones: addressing the factors that attract EU migrants to the UK
As one of the founding principles of the EU’s single market, the right to freedom of movement allows EU citizens to travel freely across the 28 Member States ...more
Playing the game without a say in the rules: how Britain would trade outside the EU
Pro-Brexit campaigners are keen to cut tariffs. But tariffs only play a small role in international trade, says Steve Woolcock. Much more costly are the non-tariff barriers, ...more
What price autonomy? Brexit's effect on Britain's soft power, trade deals and European security
How would a Brexit affect the foreign policy of the UK - and the EU? Experts from the UK and other EU member states discussed this ...more
Laws born out of trauma: in defence of the EU's conception of human rights
With both the EU and human rights demonised in public discourse, Catherine Dupré sets out to redeem the concepts from their critics. She argues that the ...more
The Political Quarterly: Key issues in the negotiations about Britain's membership of the EU
In the run-up to the referendum, the LSE arranged a series of expert hearings within its own Commission on the Future of Britain in Europe. ...more
Brexit poses serious political ramifications for the rest of the EU
It is not obvious if the EU would lose or gain from a Brexit, writes Lorenzo Codogno. Judging from trade and investment flows, the divorce should ...more
