The UK Has Left

05.04.2020

Adéla Jarolímková

It has been almost 4 years since the UK voted to leave the EU (European Union). When Boris Johnson and his Party won the election in December 2019, the leaving was sealed. On 31. January it happened - the UK has officially left the EU at 11 p.m. Thousands of people celebrated this historical moment, including Boris Johnson. He celebrated it in his office on Downing Street with his team and he named this day as a new begging for the United Kingdom. On this night the center of London reminded a big party.

Since now, the UK is no longer part of the EU, the UK citizens aren't EU citizens. Their ministers won't have any vote in lawmaking and they won't attend EU summits.

But Brexit is still not done. The UK is in a 11-month transition period (until the end of 2020) when almost everything will remain the same. UK will continue to follow all of the EU's rules and the trading relationship will also remain the same. During this period, there will be talks, in which they will negotiate their demands and proposals. They are not planning to solve everything by the end of this year because it is impossible for them. The biggest priority to discuss is a new free trade agreement and their economic relationship. This agreement is supposed to allow goods to move around the EU without extra charges. Of course, they have to discuss more things, such as data sharing, supplies of electricity and gas, access to fishing waters and much more.