Report

Ten years after the Brexit referendum

Think tank: Centre for European Reform

Author(s): Various authors

June 22, 2026

This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform explores the past, present and future of the UK’s relationship with the EU.

A decade after the Brexit referendum, a new essay collection by the Centre for European Reform, ‘Ten years after the Brexit referendum’, brings together leading policy-makers, former politicians and senior officials, and analysts to reflect on what the past decade has meant for the UK, the EU, and the future of UK-EU relations.

The collection includes essays by Catherine Barnard, Ian Bond, Nick Butler, Catherine Day, Charles Grant, Peter Kellner, Julian King, David Lidington, David Miliband, Nicolai von Ondarza, Philip Rycroft, Daniela Schwarzer, John Springford, Anton Spisak and Nathalie Tocci.

The authors examine a wide range of topics, including the costs of Brexit, its political consequences, changing British public opinion, security and defence co-operation, and the future of the UK-EU ‘reset’ as the two sides prepare for the crucial UK-EU summit on July 22nd.