Ca' Foscari on Brexit

The historical decision emerging from the recent British referendum on leaving the European Union casts doubt on numerous aspects of EU life. In what follows we try to understand more about this monumental transition through interviews with Ca’ Foscari Faculty members who teach and conduct research in areas related to Brexit.

Fabrizio Marrella, Professor of international and European law in the Department of Economics at Ca’ Foscari, and member of the Research Institute for International and European Law (Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris), explains the context and the consequences of Brexit from a legal point of view. Read the interview here.

We discuss finance with Loriana Pelizzon, Professor in Ca’ Foscari’s Department of Economics and at Goethe University in Frankfurt: the markets seemed ready to enthusiastically welcome the confirmation of a European Britain, but the cold wakeup call of Brexit caused the stock-market to fall and placed great pressure on the pound. Read the interview here.