Here's Why Brexit Wasn't Followed By Frexit, Swexit Or Nexit

Instead of becoming a harbinger of the EU's demise, the United Kingdom descended into political chaos and became a cautionary tale for other EU countries. Isabell Hoffmann, who tracks opinion in the EU for Bertelsmann Stiftung, a German independent foundation, says Brexit hasn't hurt the EU's standing — it's helped it. 'We do see a Brexit effect in the numbers when it comes to support for the European Union,' says Hoffmann. 'Actually, they go up in a significant manner, and they stay up ever since.' That support is up by 10 percentage points since the 2016 referendum, she says. 'There are now roughly 70 percent of people who'd say 'we would vote for our country to stay in the European Union.' '