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Brexit (/ ˈbrɛksɪt, ˈbrɛɡzɪt /, [1] a portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Following a referendum held in the UK on 23 June 2016, Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).
Brexit was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET). As of 2020, the UK is the only member state to have left the EU. Britain entered the predecessor to the EU, the European Communities (EC), on 1 January 1973.
The UK had long been expected to leave the European Union at 11pm on 29 March 2019. However, following a House of Commons vote on 14 March 2019, the Government sought permission from the EU to extend Article 50 and agree a later Brexit date.
In a referendum, held on 23 June 2016, the majority of adult Britons voted to leave the EU. On 29 March 2017 the countdown to the UK formally leaving the EU, also known as Brexit,...
The UK voted to leave the EU in 2016 and officially left the trading bloc - its nearest and biggest trading partner - on 31 January 2020. However, both sides agreed to keep many things the same...
The UK has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership - and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum. The historic moment, which happened at 23:00...
After half a century of sometimes awkward membership and three years of tense withdrawal talks, the UK will leave the EU at midnight Brussels time (2300 GMT) on January 31, 2020.
The UK formally ended its EU membership at the stroke of midnight on Friday in Brussels, 23:00 GMT in London. A projection of a countdown clock in Downing Street marked the occasion.
Brexit, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU), which formally occurred on January 31, 2020. The term Brexit is a portmanteau coined as shorthand for British exit. In a referendum held on June 23, 2016, some 52 percent of those British voters who participated opted to leave.
It's official - the UK has left the European Union. A cause for celebration for some, a sobering moment for others. The UK formally ended its EU membership at the stroke of midnight on Friday...
On 29 March 2017, the UK formally notified the European Council of its intention to leave the EU and, on 19 June 2017, the EU and the UK began negotiating the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (Brexit). Between 2017 and 2019, the EU and the UK negotiated the terms for Brexit.
Britain broke from the European Union’s regulatory orbit on Jan. 1, casting off nearly a half-century inside the bloc and embarking on what analysts described as the biggest overnight change...
The UK has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership - and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum. The historic moment, which happened at 23:00...
This timeline covers the key events relating to the negotiations and implementation of the EU-UK withdrawal agreement, including the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. The timeline begins with the UK referendum on EU membership on 23 June 2016. 2023.
After 47 years of membership — and more than three years of political uncertainty, rancor and division — the United Kingdom officially left the European Union on Friday.
1 January 2021. Reuters. A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as...
The UK formally left the EU on 1 February 2020, but remained in the EU’s single market and customs union until 31 December 2020. The withdrawal agreement signed on 17 October 2019 set out the rules for the UK’s orderly departure from the EU. In particular, it covered: Citizens’ rights; The financial settlement;
BBC political editor. PA Media. What now? It's happened. A dreary night didn't discourage those celebrating in Parliament Square. We wake this morning out of the European Union. But we follow...
26 March 2018. It's been almost two years since the UK voted to leave the EU - why was the decision made - and what happens next? Here are some of the key moments. Please upgrade your browser...
The UK was first due to leave the EU at 11pm on Friday 29 March 2019, but this didn't happen. It was rescheduled for the 31 October 2019, and then extended with UK and EU politicians...