What is Brexit?

Brexit is the movement in the UK that was responsible for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU (European Union), a political and an economic union in Europe that includes 27 other countries. “Brexit’’ stands for “Britain’’ and ,"Exit’’ referring to their wish for withdrawal from the EU.  
On June 23, 2016 the UK held a referendum, 51.89% were “for” the departure from the EU leaving the UK with no other choice, but to say goodbye to the “beloved’’ European Union.
Due to complex negotiations the departure was delayed by around 4 years, eventually the UK officially invoked “Article 50” in 2017 leading to the official departure that took place on 31 January in 2020, the official departure was followed by a 11 month transition period that ended on 31 December 2020.
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