Op-Ed: Deal or no deal, the Brexit mess shows how Western-style democracy can fail
Date:
2019-04-16
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The Brexit crisis has been dragging on for a long time now. A referendum—a vote in which basically everyone can take part—was held in June 2016 to decide a serious and complex issue: “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?” The decision that followed has not only plunged Britain into chaos but also created huge uncertainty over the future of UK-EU relations, which will haunt the UK and the world for years to come.