Brexit was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, which it had joined in 1973. It followed a referendum in June 2016, in which 52 percent of voters chose to leave and 48 percent to remain, after which Prime Minister David Cameron resigned. Negotiations were long and difficult: Theresa May's withdrawal agreement was rejected three times by Parliament, and her successor Boris Johnson agreed a revised deal. The United Kingdom left the EU at the end of January 2020 and stayed in the single market under a transition period until the end of that year, after which a Trade and Cooperation Agreement took effect. The status of Northern Ireland under the deal has remained a sensitive issue.
Before and after
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- 30 January 2020COVID-19 pandemic in India
- 30 January 2020COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
- 31 January 2020Brexit
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- 31 January 2020COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- 31 January 2020COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
- February 2020COVID-19 recession
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