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A portmanteau of "British" and "return"; used by opponents of Brexit to describe a potential reversal of the referendum and rejoining of the EU at some point in the future. [14] Brexit Brexit (like its early variant, Brixit) [15] is a portmanteau of "British" and "exit". Grammatically, it has been called a complex nominal. [16]
[14] [15] The word Brexit is a portmanteau of the phrase "British exit". [16] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term was coined in a blog post on the website Euractiv by Peter Wilding, director of European policy at BSkyB, on 15 May 2012. [17]
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 Conservative Party published a draft EU Referendum Bill in May 2013, and outlined its plans for renegotiation followed by an in-out vote (i.e. a referendum giving options only of leaving and of remaining in under the current terms, or under new terms if these had become available), were the party to be re-elected in 2015. [17]
Between 2017 and 2019, representatives of the United Kingdom and the European Union negotiated the terms of Brexit, the UK's planned withdrawal from membership of the EU.. These negotiations arose following the decision of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which in turn followed the UK's EU membership referendum on 23 June 2016 in which ...
The government plans to change the legal definition of wine following Brexit, to reflect demand for low-alcohol versions of the drink. It means low and alcohol-free versions have to be sold as a ...
Part of a series of articles on Brexit Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Glossary of terms Background European Communities Act 1975 EC membership referendum UK rebate Bruges speech No. No. No. Maastricht Rebels Black Wednesday European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 European Union Act 2011 UK opt-outs from EU legislation Euroscepticism in the UK UK opinion polling on EU ...
The election's expected booting out of Britain's Conservative party would end 14 years of rule. Economic discontent and immigration top voter concerns.