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 the EU, setting the stage for the U.K. to become the first country ever to do so.

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Brexit is the term for the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union, which took place on Jan. 31, 2020. Learn about the history, impact, and challenges of Brexit, as well as the provisional free-trade agreement between the U.K. and the EU.

What Was Brexit? Brexit was the nickname for "British exit" from the EU, the economic and policy union of which the U.K. had been a member since 1973. That changed on June 23, 2016, when the U.K. voted to leave the EU.

Far from closing the book on Britain’s tumultuous relationship with the rest of Europe, the split, known as Brexit, has opened a new chapter — one that could reshape not only the country’s...

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The UK officially left the 27-member political and economic bloc on 31 January, three and half years after the UK public voted to leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum.

With the world gripped by the coronavirus pandemic it's been easy to lose track of what's happening with Brexit. Big changes will happen from 1 January, but the UK and the EU are running out of...

Learn about the terms of the UK's orderly withdrawal from the EU, agreed on 17 October 2019 and entered into force on 1 February 2020. Find the full legal text, questions and answers, and explanatory slides of the agreement and its protocols on Ireland/Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Gibraltar.