After three years of struggling Britain, Britain finally left the European Union at 23:00 on January 31.(Agence France -Presse)
Social Theory February 4, 2020
After a referendum, two rounds of elections, and changing three prime ministers during the period, Britain was struggling for three years, and finally broke away from the EU on January 31st Greenwich Standard time at 23:00.The results of the Brexit referendum in 2016 shocked the world. With the selection of American voters, Trump, who claimed to be the president of the United States, has opened up a significant anti -globalization phenomenon that has continued to this day.The most prominent contradiction in this is the serious confrontation of the grassroots public opinion that supports global Western rule, and the grassroots public opinion that requires the restoration of self -determination sovereignty.The latter scorching the irrational populism is afraid to ignore the democratic legitimacy.In terms of education, employment, income, security, etc., this group faces a huge sense of loss and is also concerned about the dilution of national ingredients and cultural colors. Among them, even more and more old economies belong to the old economy and are marginalized in competition.Falling the middle class.
The European Parliament, who is dedicated to Brexit, Fracule, a former British Independence Party leader Farachi, farewell to the EU Parliament on January 29, which represents the reasons for Brexit in Brexit representatively.He said that Britain originally joined a common market for free trade, rather than increasingly centralized and anti -democratic EU.He said that the Europeans hope that trade, friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance do not require the European Commission and EU courts to lack any public opinion foundation. Therefore, it is a system of not democratic.From the perspective of sovereignty's democracy, Farach's statement is not unreasonable.
Starting from the standpoint of member states as a sovereign country, the EU's organizational structure has indeed violated the spirit of democracy.Although the European Union Constitution has established three decision -making agencies mdash; MDASH; European Parliament, EU ministers council and European Commission MDash; MDASH; only the European Parliament is a bureaucracy that lacks public opinion foundation through democratic elections.In the decision -making process, the real decision -making power is actually in the hands of the European Commission. The European Parliament is more like the rubber stamps of the European Commission to formulate legal and regulations.At the same time, the EU courts played the role of the Court of Final Appeal, over the judicial system of member states.
Most of the opinions against Brexit are concentrated on economic interests.The unified market and unified standards of the European Union enable the capital, personnel, technology, goods and services in the alliance to flow freely.However, the cost of these economic interests is that member states have lost a lot of autonomy in judicial, immigration, and even fiscal policy.Consistent with the phenomenon of globalization around the world, the interests brought by the EU are mainly obtained by the knowledge elites. The grassroots people of the majority must face greater competition and life pressure, but they are difficult for them to express opposition through democratic ways.Maintain your own rights.
If it is because the EU is not democratic enough, there may be room for rotation, but as it is charged by Farachi, the problem of the European Union lies in its anti -democratic nature.For example, he said that since 2005, France, the Netherlands, and Ireland have averaged referendum against the EU Constitution, but the European Commission still ignores public opinion and is alone.Farachi described this as the European Union's anti -democratic bullying behavior, and proudly stated that Brexit proved that the EU could not bully the country with enough strong enough.
Farach's speech also reflects another deeper problem.The gap between the rich and the poor caused by globalization has expanded, and the anxiety and even resentment of voters in many countries have caused voters.Many places have even risen to dislike and even violence in immigrants.Part of the reason is that the ruling class of various countries does not face the difficulties faced by the grassroots people because of globalization, and their dissatisfaction with the unable to determine the fate of destiny by democratic means.Turn against globalization simplification and slander as irrational populism.
The blindness of the ruling class can be seen from the current primaries of the United States Democratic Party.Almost all Democratic candidates who are running for presidents have unanimously opposed Trump's policy propositions to restrict immigration.More and more analysis has pointed out that this alone has greatly increased the probability of Trump's re -election.It is not difficult to see that globalization has become an unquestionable ideology for the ruler of various places.Any policy always has its advantages and disadvantages. It must go through democratic debate and compromise to obtain a compromise. If you continue to ignore opposition to public opinion, it will become more intense in the future.
