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EU (Aims of the EU, Impact of EU policies on the UK, Is the EU positive…

- - - - Improved workers rights
      - Reduced social dumping or a brain drain
    - - Damaged competitiveness of social dumping
      - Reduced sovereignty for the UK
    - - It gave the EU much wider powers to agree rules fro workers
      - The UK opted out under John major, however unde Tony Blair joined the social chapter
      - This was introduced by the EU as part of the Maastricht treaty
      - Policies introduced under the chapter include: written contract, maximum working week, protection from unfair dismissal, paid parental and sick leave
  - - - From 1983 the EU set quotas for how much of each fish could be caught, and gave boats from each country some access to each others fishing grounds
      - The uk government attempted to prevent Spanish fishing boats from registering as British to restrict their access to UK fishing grounds. Factortame came highlighted that EU law was superior to UK law
      - This was introduced as a goal in 1957 to protect fish stocks and coordinate fishing across the EU
    - - Protected fish stocks
      - Mace the eropean fishing industry sustainable
      - Allowed for a coordinated plan for the seas
    - - Damaged UK sovereignty
      - Not sustainable
      - Damaged the UK fishing idustry
  - - - Free movement of people, good and services
    - - Reduced UK sovereignty
- - - - Indivuals countries have reduced power and sovereignty, so a group opf counties working together means each country has a greater share of power
    - - Working in the EU means that there are more rights for workers. There is also free movement for workers in eu countries
    - - The UK was part of the single amrkjet which benefitted trade and business significantly
    - - Schengen, eu currency, and ever closer union the UK opted out of when they joined the eu
  - - - Freedom of movement within the single market meant that net immigration was higher while in the EU, which some argue is wrong
    - - While the UK was in the EU, we did not have political sovereignty of some political decisions e.g factortame
- - - - Other countries in the EU will now have greater influence now that the UK is gone
    - - After brexit it was possible that other countries would want to leave the eu, however due to the economic issues in the UK surrounding brexit this is now not likely to happen
  - - - It is possible that after the UK’s departure from the EU, other countries may also want to leave
    - - The eu received a large amount of funding from the UK
    - - The uk was a signicant member of the EU