Which country does Britain refer to when it leaves the EU?

20 16 On June 23rd, Britain held a referendum on Brexit. The result of the vote was to leave the European Union. Shortly after the results of the referendum were announced, Prime Minister David Cameron, who advocated that Britain should stay in the EU, offered to resign.

Britain's withdrawal from the EU makes Britain no longer bound by EU laws, European single market and some free trade agreements, and can regain control over immigration policy. Britain officially withdrew from the EU on the afternoon of June 3, 2020 1 1 (Greenwich Mean Time), and then entered the transition period of Britain's withdrawal from the EU, which will end on February 3, 20201.

In the referendum on June 23, 20 16, 5 1.9% of British voters voted for leaving the EU, and most of the voters who supported leaving the EU came from the suburbs of England and Wales (outside Greater London and other big cities in England).

1 97365438+1October1,Britain joined the EU, 1975 referendum confirmed that Britain became a member of the EU.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the proposal to leave the European Union was mainly put forward by the Labour Party and trade unionists. Starting from 1990, Britain, whose main supporters are the newly established UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Conservative Party, left the EU.

Officially withdraw from the EU

On June 9, 2020, 65438+, the House of Commons passed the draft law of the Agreement on Britain's Withdrawal from the EU on the third reading with 330 votes in favor and 23 1 against. 65438+1On the evening of October 22nd, the House of Lords passed the agreement on Britain's withdrawal from the EU. 65438+1On October 23rd, the Queen of England approved the agreement on Britain's withdrawal from the EU. 65438+1On October 24th, the European Commission and the President of the Council of the European Union ratified the Agreement on Britain's Withdrawal from the EU. 65438+1On October 29th, the European Parliament passed the Agreement on Britain's Withdrawal from the EU.

On June 365438+1October 3 1 day, 2020, Britain officially left the EU and entered the transition period of Britain's withdrawal from the EU. On the same day, Britain issued about 3 million commemorative coins for Britain's withdrawal from the EU.

1 01October1day, the European Commission claimed that the draft internal market decree proposed by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government violated Britain's agreement to leave the EU, and initiated legal action.

65438+On February 24th, 2020, Britain withdrew from the EU Free Trade Agreement "Britain-Europe Trade Cooperation Agreement" after reaching an agreement with the EU.

On February 26th, 2020, the United Kingdom and the European Union published the 65438+ 1246-page Trade Agreement on Britain's Withdrawal from the European Union. In addition to trade documents, it also includes nuclear energy and civil nuclear energy agreements, exchange of confidential information and a series of joint statements. The two houses of the British Parliament and the European Union respectively ratified the Agreement on Trade and Cooperation between Britain and Europe, and obtained the Royal Assent from the Queen.

Britain officially left the EU Single Market and Customs Union at 23: 00 GMT on February 3 1 Sunday, but Gibraltar will not leave for the time being. The UK-Europe Trade Cooperation Agreement came into effect on 202 1 1 CET time, which standardized the UK-Europe free trade relations after formal Brexit and avoided leaving the EU without agreement.