Brexit

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Brexit is the process by which the United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union, reshaping its political and economic relationship with Europe.


Statements (68)
Predicate Object
instanceOf political process
withdrawal from international organization
affectedTerritory Gibraltar
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
alsoKnownAs United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union
article50NotificationDate 2017-03-29
associatedPrimeMinister Boris Johnson
Rishi Sunak
Theresa May
consequence changes to rights of EU citizens in the UK
changes to rights of UK citizens in the EU
creation of new UK immigration system based on points
repatriation of EU-derived law into UK domestic law
countryInvolved United Kingdom
domesticLegislation European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
keyAgreement Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the United Kingdom
Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union
keyProLeaveFigure Boris Johnson
Michael Gove
Nigel Farage
keyProRemainFigure David Cameron
George Osborne
Nicola Sturgeon
ledToPrimeMinisterResignation David Cameron
legalExitDate 2020-01-31
location Brussels
United Kingdom
majorProLeaveCampaign Leave.EU
Vote Leave
majorProRemainCampaign Britain Stronger in Europe
negotiatingParty European Commission
European Council
Government of the United Kingdom
organizationWithdrawnFrom European Union
policyAreaImpacted customs arrangements
financial services regulation
fisheries policy
freedom of movement
immigration policy
regulatory alignment
security cooperation
trade policy
politicalCampaignSlogan Take back control
portmanteauOf Britain
exit
referendumDate 2016-06-23
referendumElectorateTurnoutPercentage 72.2
referendumQuestion Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?
referendumResultLeavePercentage 51.9
referendumResultRemainPercentage 48.1
relatedIssue Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom
Good Friday Agreement
Irish border question
Scottish independence movement
UK–EU trade relations
sovereignty debate in the United Kingdom
resultedIn Northern Ireland Protocol
United Kingdom leaving the EU customs union
United Kingdom leaving the EU single market
Windsor Framework
end of free movement of persons between the United Kingdom and the European Union
introduction of customs checks between the United Kingdom and the European Union
timePeriod 2016–2020
transitionPeriodEndDate 2020-12-31
triggeredArticle Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

Referenced by (30)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 ("United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union")
Take back control
relatedTo
George Osborne ("2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum")
Take back control ("Brexit referendum")
associatedWithEvent
European Banking Authority
European Medicines Agency
relocatedDueTo
Leave.EU
Vote Leave
topic
Vote Leave ("United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016")
activeIn
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
advocated
Overseas Countries and Territories Association of the European Union (pre-Brexit via UK) ("withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit)")
affectedBy
Brexit ("United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union")
alsoKnownAs
Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the United Kingdom
context
The Daily Telegraph ("Brexit referendum")
coveredEvent
British press ("Brexit referendum")
coveredMajorEvent
Britain Stronger in Europe ("2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum")
dissolvedAfter
United Kingdom
event
Daily Express
hasEditorialStanceOn
Elizabethan era (second Elizabethan age) ("Brexit referendum 2016")
hasKeyEvent
Elizabethan era (second Elizabethan age)
hasKeyProcess
Euroscepticism ("Brexit movement in the United Kingdom")
hasNotableExample
Nigel Farage
movement
Windsor Framework ("Brexit process")
partOf
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
policyArea
Northern Ireland Protocol
politicalContext
Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union ("United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union")
relatedProcess
British–Irish relations ("Brexit referendum")
shapedByEvent
Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union
subject
Daily Express
supportsPolicyPosition

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