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Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) provides for the possibility of an EU member state leaving the European Union "in accordance with its own constitutional requirements". [1] Currently, the United Kingdom is the only state to have withdrawn from membership of the European Union.
The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, was a referendum that took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 to ask the electorate whether the country should continue to ...
The United Kingdom in orange; the European Union (27 member states) in blue: a representation of the result of Brexit Brexit ( / ˈ b r ɛ k s ɪ t , ˈ b r ɛ ɡ z ɪ t / , [ 1 ] a portmanteau of "Britain" and "Exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union .
A post shared on Facebook claims the United Kingdom is planning on rejoining the European Union. Verdict: False There is no evidence the UK is seeking to rejoin the European Union. Fact Check: The ...
The Brexit withdrawal agreement, officially titled Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, [3] [4] is a treaty between the European Union (EU), Euratom, and the United Kingdom (UK), signed on 24 January 2020, [5] setting the terms ...
The United Kingdom (along with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar) was a member state of the European Union (EU) and of its predecessor the European Communities (EC) – principally the European Economic Community (EEC) – from 1 January 1973 until 31 January 2020.
Nine members of Britain's Conservative party are backing amendments to the legislation needed for Britain to leave the European Union, including a parliamentary vote on staying in a customs union ...
Of the four constituent countries in the United Kingdom, England voted most in favour of leaving the European Union with 53% of voters choosing to leave compared to 47% who chose to remain. Unlike Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, there was no centralised national count of the votes; instead England was split into the nine regions using the ...