Resituating EU Law

对于联合王国在欧盟内外可以采用何种治理制度，缺乏制度上的想象力。成员国资格的支持者建议，如果欧盟要以目前的形式生存，只有有限的改革，“没有选择”的语言。相比之下，退出的支持者想象一个没有制度和监管约束的世界，涅槃的世界。如果前者忽视了欧盟不断发生法律的变化，后者则没有解决联合王国与欧洲联盟之间的相互依存关系，无论其成员地位如何，这种关系都将继续存在。单一市场可能是英国与欧盟之间任何关系的核心，因为它被那些希望留在欧盟的人视为核心，而相互依存使其成为退出时最有可能的关系。因此，对未来关系的评估必须围绕这一点进行。这里有两个维度。首先，我们应该看看英国与欧盟之间的任何单一市场会在多大程度上被欧盟内部现有的单一市场所掩盖。第二，必须看看单一市场能提供什么。为此，本研究比较了世界上三个最重要的单一市场：欧洲的欧洲经济区;东南亚的东盟和南美洲的南方共同市场。它着眼于最有可能在全民投票中引起争议的问题以及之后必须解决的问题：政府的风格，范围和强度;它们如何影响国家自治和民主参与，以及它们如何处理围绕公民身份，移民和社会正义的冲突。这将允许在更广泛的问题上进行更有区别的辩论，讨论作为欧洲联盟成员国的可能性，以及如果退出，什么是最好的现实替代方案。

There is a lack of institutional imagination about what systems of governance might be available to the United Kingdom within or outside the European Union. Proponents of membership suggest only limited reforms if the Union is to survive in its current shape, the language of 'There IS No Alternative'. By contrast, proponents of exit imagine a world free of institutional and regulatory constraints, the world of Nirvana. If the former ignores that the Union is subject to continual legal change, the latter does not address the interdependence between the United Kingdom and the European Union that will continue to persist whatever the status of membership. The single market is likely to be at the centre piece of any relationship between the UK and the EU as It is seen as central by those who wish to remain in the Union and interdependence makes it the most likely relationship in the case of exit. Assessments of future relations have, therefore, to be built around this. There are two dimensions here. It is desirable, first, to see how much any single market between the United Kingdom and the Union would be overshadowed by the existing single market within the Union. Secondly, it is necessary to see what can be offered by a single market. To that end, this research compares the three most significant single markets in the world: the European Economic Area in Europe; ASEAN in South East Asia and Mercosur in South America. It looks at the issues most likely to be contentious in the referendum and the ones which will have to be addressed afterwards: the style, scope and intensity of government; how they affect national self-government and democratic participation and they deal with conflicts surrounding citizenship, immigration and social justice. This will allow a more differentiated debate across a wider array of issues about what is possible whilst being a member of the European Union and what would be the best realistic alternatives if exit occurred.