Great Britain's withdrawal from the EU and the prospects of European regional structure stability

The article deals with the results of the referendum on British exit from the European Union, its implications for the EU and international order. London withdrawal from the European integration project is the culmination of the complex crisis on the European continent. The idea of integration as a constant development towards common good has been challenged. Prior to this, the probability of any state abandon the EU had never been considered. Today the EU faces a threat of Brexit phenomenon spreading across the community. The viability of the European integration project is possible only in case of political and institutional transformation, involving more flexible approaches to goals and formats of integration. However, the partial deconstruction of the integration initiatives and weakened consolidation within the EU makes the group vulnerable in the face of current economic, migration and security challenges. British withdrawal, in addition, changes the structure of European politics, significantly shifting its internal balance of power. It is obvious that Brexit puts a number of hard issues for the European and the international community. The essence of the European policy in the medium term will consist in the pursuit of a new regional balance. Growing centrifugal forces within the European Union reduce the chances of further consolidation within the integration group and generate massive fluctuations inside the system. This makes urgent the search for qualitatively new conceptual design of the European regional structure.

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