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The result broke the deadlock in the UK Parliament and ended the possibility of a referendum being held on the withdrawal agreement and ensured that the United Kingdom would leave the European Union on 31 January 2020.
During the transition period, which ended on 31 December 2020, the UK and EU negotiated their future relationship. The EFTA members of the EEA and the UK signed a Separation Agreement on 28 January 2020.
On 18 July 2016, Bloomberg News reported that the UK's vote to leave the EU was having a negative impact on the Republic of Ireland, a country with close economic and cultural ties to the UK. Share prices in Ireland fell after the result, while exporters warned that a weaker British currency would drive down wages and economic growth in a ...
On 23 January 2020, the withdrawal agreement was ratified by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and on 29 January 2020 by the European Parliament. The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 at 23:00 GMT, ending 47 years of membership.
Jan 2020: UK leaves the European Union: Jan 2020: Implementation period begins: Jan 2020: UK–EU trade deal agreed: Dec 2020: Future Relationship Act passed: Dec 2020: Scottish Continuity Act passed: Dec 2020: Implementation period ends: Dec 2020: New EU–UK relationship begins: Jan 2021: UK–EU trade deal ratified: Apr 2021: Windsor ...
Both the EU and UK Parliaments ratified the Withdrawal Agreement, which allowed the UK to leave the bloc at 11 pm GMT on 31 January 2020. Negotiations on the future UK–EU relationship subsequently began once the UK formally left the EU and entered the transition period.
After the UK Parliament voted to leave the European Union, all parties said that they want to avoid a hard border in Ireland, due particularly to the border's historically sensitive nature. Border issues were one of three areas of focused negotiation in the Withdrawal Agreement .
The agreement was ratified by the Council of the European Union on 30 January 2020, following the consent of the European Parliament on 29 January 2020. The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union took effect on 11 p.m. GMT on 31 January 2020, and at that moment the Withdrawal Agreement entered into force, as per its article 185.
Jan 2020: UK leaves the European Union: Jan 2020: Implementation period begins: Jan 2020: UK–EU trade deal agreed: Dec 2020: Future Relationship Act passed: Dec 2020: Scottish Continuity Act passed: Dec 2020: Implementation period ends: Dec 2020: New EU–UK relationship begins: Jan 2021: UK–EU trade deal ratified: Apr 2021: Windsor ...
Relations between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) are governed, since 1 January 2021, by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). Relations trace back to the foundation of the European Communities, the European Union's predecessor, in 1957. The UK was a member state of the bloc ...