This week is the last one in which the UK is still for sure an EU member state.
The upcoming referendum, on 23 June, would not immediately end Britain’s 43 year-old EU membership. That would take years to negotiate. But a vote to leave would be a political and economic shock of global proportions.
German finance chief Wolfgang Schaeuble has said the eurozone would do what it can to “contain” the economic fallout of either scenario.
That is what eurozone and EU finance min...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.