Can Brexit Be an Opportunity?

European Straits #8

Dear all,

Whatever the ups and downs, Brexit is approaching its inescapable outcome. Theresa May has once again delayed pulling the trigger on the procedure’s formal start. There are nonetheless clear signs of a mounting panic: unease within parliamentary ranks; the announcement by Nicola Sturgeon that Scotland will organize another referendum on its independence; excitement in France as the French government expects that the finance industry will cross the channel and settle in Paris, bringing with it wealth, clustering effects, and a recovered influence on the global stage.

We at TheFamily don’t want to downplay the importance of this chain of events. The referendum result was a disappointment, all the more so as it happened right after we opened our London office. Also, Brexit is a reminder that we’re currently going through yet another, dangerous ‘Great Transformation’: like happened a century ago, international institutions are unraveling at an accelerated pace—and the European Uni…