After Brexit: The Footsteps Of A Truly Carolingian European Union

In Davos, UK Prime Minister Theresa May stressed that by leaving the European Union (EU), the UK was embracing the world and would build a "truly Global Britain". This recalls the controversy during the Brexit campaign over alleged words spoken by Winston Churchill to Charles de Gaulle. The UK is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU) on 29 March 2019 at 11 pm UK time. The 500-kilometer border between Republic of Ireland and UK will become the land border between the two countries. The UK and the EU have agreed on a 'backstop' to ensure there is no hard border after Brexit. The UK's withdrawal from the EU without an agreement still remains as an option. The EU stands to lose one of its two permanent members in the UN Security Council and one nuclear weapon-wielding military power. It is unlikely that the EU will enter into disintegration phase in the aftermath of the Brexit. The Bratislava and Rome Declarations give little concrete indication for the future strategic road map for the EU other than providing the lowest common denominators binding the members of the Union. The key question comes into the scene: Who will lead the EU and show the way to the future? France and Germany should lead not only the EU but also whole of continental Europe, according to a French report. The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was an empire in western and central Europe during the early Middle Ages. This part of Europe is considered by advocates of Franco-German alliance as the "Carolingian Europe". France and Germany signed the Aachen Treaty, which aims to fill the gap that emerged in the UN Security Council with the UK's eventual exit from the EU. In doing so, they declare their privileged "core status" in the EU and in the Europe. They wish to return the French and German-centric "variable geometry" concepts of the past under the guise of "shouldering responsibility for Europe".