EU Referendum questions: EU Security and defence

06/20/16 • 10 min

In this ongoing series of short videos, academics from the University of Cambridge and beyond shed light on the key issues to be considered in the run up to the upcoming referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. This video features Dr Geoffrey Edwards, Senior Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and Emeritus Reader in European Studies. Dr Edwards weighs the founding principles of the EU in relation to defence and security, assesses accusations of an intention to form an EU army, and considers the possible impact of the referendum on security issues. This series of videos has been created by the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS). For more information visit http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/

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EU Referendum questions: EU and UK fundamental rights

In this ongoing series of short videos, academics from the University of Cambridge and beyond shed light on the key issues to be considered in the run up to the upcoming referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. In this video, Professor David Feldman describes the structure of law dictating fundamental rights in the UK, at international, supranational and domestic levels, and how they interrelate. He considers how human rights protections might be affected by the EU referendum, and discusses upcoming changes proposed by the government. This series of videos has been created by the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS). For more information visit http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/

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EU Referendum questions: Analysing the Vote Leave Roadmap

In this series of short videos, academics from the University of Cambridge shed light on the key issues to be considered in the run up to the upcoming referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. This video features Professor Kenneth Armstrong, Professor of European Law and Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS). On 15th June the Vote Leave campaign published a 'roadmap' on the steps that it believes would need to be taken following a referendum vote to leave the European Union. Professor Armstrong published a working paper featuring an analysis of the document (available at http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/publications/working-and-policy-papers), and in this video presents his conclusions. This series of videos has been created by the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS). For more information visit http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/