Lexit

English Etymology en left exit, after en Brexit. Pronunciation en /ˈlɛɡ.zɪt/ /ˈlɛk.sɪt/ en ɛksɪt ɛɡzɪt 2 Proper noun en politics A en leftist exit from the en European Union. en The Guardian The left must put Britain's EU withdrawal on the agenda 14 July 2015 And that is why – if indeed much of the left decides on Lexit – it must run its own separate campaign and try and win ownership of the issue. Owen Jones https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/14/left-reject-eu-greece-eurosceptic https://web.archive.org/web/20261013105908/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/14/left-reject-eu-greece-eurosceptic 13 October 2026 en The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/05/brussels-eurosceptics-british-voter-out-lobby What would a UK outside the EU look like? Mark Leonard Others on the left call for a populist campaign for a “Lexit” – a leftwing exit from the EU. 5 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20261013110021/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/05/brussels-eurosceptics-british-voter-out-lobby 13 October 2026 en Why I’m in: Pushing for Lexit won’t help migrants or the working class http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/eu-referendum-brexit-why-i-m-in-pushing-for-lexit-won-t-help-migrants-or-the-working-class-a7095946.html The Independent Ewa Jasiewicz 22 June 2016 There is a push from the left in the UK for a ‘Lexit’ – a move away from the neo-liberal EU which stomped on an anti-austerity peoples’ movement in Greece and failed to respond to the refugee crisis. https://web.archive.org/web/20260202235040/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/eu-referendum-brexit-why-i-m-in-pushing-for-lexit-won-t-help-migrants-or-the-working-class-a7095946.html 2 February 2026 en Europe’s Left after Brexit https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/09/european-union-strategy-democracy-yanis-varoufakis-diem25/ Jacobin Yanis Varoufakis 5 September 2016 Exasperated by the EU’s mixture of authoritarianism and economic failure, a segment of Europe’s left is now calling for a “break with the EU,” which would mobilize left-wing support for exit referenda across the continent. Their analysis has come to be known simply as “Lexit.” https://web.archive.org/web/20220521121916/https://jacobinmag.com/2016/09/european-union-strategy-democracy-yanis-varoufakis-diem25 21 May 2022 en Lexit is not enough Clive Heemskerk http://socialismtoday.org/archive/225/lexit.html Socialism Today February 2019 Popular Unity contested the general election that followed in September on a programme for a left exit – Lexit – from the euro but, falling 7,600 votes short of the 3% threshold to win representation, ended up with no seats. https://web.archive.org/web/20260517212428/https://socialismtoday.org/archive/225/lexit.html 17 May 2026 en politics The hypothetical withdrawal of Luxembourg from the European Union. en Brexit Czexit Frexit Grexit Polexit Roexit Derived terms en Lexiteer en Lexiter Anagrams en eiltx ixtle en European Union