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What is Brexit?

Question-Answer 30.10.2019 Writing

The "Brexit" is an abbreviation of "British Exit", denoting the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU).

On 23 June 2016, in a referendum organized by former Prime Minister David Cameron, 51.9% of Britons chose to leave the EU. Following the outbreak of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union on 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom and the 27 other EU Member States have given themselves two years to prepare for the effective exit of the country. However, it was postponed until 31 January 2020 at the latest, which is three months longer than the 31 October 2019 date previously fixed.