By Christian Koch

June 26, 2016

"The historic vote in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union is bound to have repercussions far beyond the European continent. This includes implications for the GCC states who will now find themselves having to deal with a more fractured Europe and an EU institution struggling to define its purpose in the wider integration process. On the foreign-policy front, the vote signifies a return to classical nation-state power politics with the EU losing its momentum as a voice for diplomacy and cooperation.

The immediate consequences will off course be felt within Europe first. While the process of separating the UK from Brussels will be a complicated and prolonged one, the vote is certain to provide further impetus for European separatism. With issues like immigration on the top of agenda in most European countries, parties like the French Front National and the Alternative für Deutschland (AFD) in Germany, could see their poll prospects rise further, a worrisome development given the fact that both France and Germany will hold national elections in 2017."

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