It’s been a quiet few months, but behind closed doors (and on zoom) Brexit hasn’t gone away. Talks between the EU and the UK have continued through the pandemic, and are about to get a lot busier this summer.
The BBC’s Jonathan Blake explains what the sticking points in the negotiations are, and what’s at stake in the coming months.
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Brexit is the name given to the United Kingdom’s exiting the European Union, which happened on 31 January 2020, following a narrow “Leave” referendum result in a June 2016 vote on EU Membership which took place in the country. News items related to Brexit are posted, below, chronologically, with the most recent items at the top, from a variety of outlets.
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. Its members have a combined area of 4,233,255.3 km² and an estimated total population of about 447 million.
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