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News Articles: Brexit

Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers her resignation speech as her husband, Hugh O'Leary, stands nearby at Downing Street in London on Thursday. Truss has been prime minister for just 44 days.

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The U.K. will have 5 prime ministers in just 6 years. What's gone wrong?

With yet another prime minister's resignation, the British government's 10 Downing Street looks like a revolving door. Analysts blame polarization, populism, a flawed system and poor leadership.

October 20, 2022
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  • Frank Langfitt
A truck arrives at Larne port in County Antrim, where a customs post has been established as part of the Northern Ireland Protocol, on November 29, 2021.

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  • Europe

A trade dispute between the U.K. and the EU erupts over post-Brexit deal

The international trade dispute has drawn widespread condemnation and threatened to disrupt the relative peace in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Belfast.

June 16, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A staff member sorts through fresh produce at British supermarket chain Morrisons last month in Leeds, United Kingdom.

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  • Europe

The U.K. Left The EU, And Now It's Inching Away From The Metric System Too

Boris Johnson's government is eyeing a move to allow shop stalls and supermarkets to use only imperial units in all transactions, ditching a metric requirement from when the U.K. was in the EU.

September 17, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Customers walks into a McDonald's restaurant, in London on Aug. 24. McDonald's says it has pulled milkshakes from the menu in all 1,250 of its British restaurants because of supply problems stemming from a shortage of truck drivers.

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  • Europe

McDonald's Is Out Of Milkshakes In The U.K. And A Truck Driver Shortage Is To Blame

A shortage of tens of thousands of drivers is affecting McDonald's and many other businesses after scores of European truckers left the U.K. in the aftermath of Brexit.

August 31, 2021
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By:
  • Willem Marx and
  • Joe Hernandez
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Biden talk Thursday during a meeting in Carbis Bay, England, as they look over copies of the original Atlantic Charter from 1941.

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  • Politics

With An Eye To History, Biden And Johnson Try To Rekindle The 'Special Relationship'

President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a 21st century Atlantic Charter, an update of a document that tied the countries together during World War II.

June 10, 2021
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  • Asma Khalid,
  • Frank Langfitt,
  • and 1 more
Skirmishes erupt at the "peace wall" dividing Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday night.

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  • Europe

Fresh Unrest In Northern Ireland Sparks Comparisons To 'The Troubles'

The latest violence erupted amid anger from Protestant unionists concerned they're being isolated from the U.K. and pushed into a union with the republic of Ireland due to post-Brexit trade rules.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
The European Union quickly reversed a decision invoking an emergency provision of the Brexit deal that could have restricted exports of COVID-19 vaccines across the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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  • World

EU Reverses Move To Restrict Export Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Northern Ireland

The European Union backtracked after a move to restrict the movement of vaccines between Ireland and Northern Ireland drew condemnation.

January 31, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin
Haut-de-France Customs Director Jean-Michel Thillier, left, believes the Port of Calais is ready for Brexit.

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  • Europe

Brexit Arrives With Border Controls Reinstated Between Britain And The EU

"We have spent the last three years preparing for this moment," says an official in Calais, France, one of the world's busiest ports.

December 31, 2020
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  • Rebecca Rosman
A pro-EU demonstrator sets up banners outside a London conference center, where trade talks were being held on Dec. 4.

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  • Europe

'Time To Leave Brexit Behind': EU And U.K. Agree To Last-Minute Trade Deal

The agreement comes a week before the Brexit transition period ends. The pact averts a worst-case divorce that would have hurt the EU economy but damaged the British economy even more.

December 24, 2020
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
A worker directs trucks where to wait in line in order to board ferries to the United Kingdom in Calais, France. Twenty percent of British imports pass through the port of Calais.

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  • World

Brexit: French Fishermen Worry What A Trade Deal May Mean For Them

"It's not like we have the Atlantic Ocean to fish in," a French fisherman tells NPR. "Here, we're in the Channel. In an hour and a half, I'm in English waters. If that's off limits, I'm dead."

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
GPB News NPR

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  • World

Brexit Countdown: What To Know As Britain And The EU Fight Over Their Divorce

As the New Year's Eve deadline approaches, the two sides are still trying to negotiate a deal to avert major economic and trade disruptions. Here are some of the top issues at play.

December 17, 2020
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
Supporters of Scottish independence gather at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn in August in Bannockburn, Scotland. The site is where the army of the king of Scots, Robert the Bruce, defeated the army of England's King Edward II in 1314 in the First War of Scottish Independence.

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  • World

Support For Scottish Independence Is Growing, Partly Due To U.K.'s COVID-19 Response

Recent polls show consistent support among Scots for leaving Great Britain. Many in Scotland think Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poorly suited to handle the pandemic and trust Scottish leaders more.

December 15, 2020
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a statement at EU headquarters in Brussels on Sunday. Britain and the European Union say talks will continue on a free trade agreement — a deal that, if sealed, would avert New Year's chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil.

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  • Europe

U.K. And EU Will Keep Negotiating As Brexit Deadline Looms

The two sides have been trying to hammer out the details of a post-Brexit world for most of the year. Talks will continue ahead of a fast-approaching deadline, leaders announced on Sunday.

December 13, 2020
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Anna Stewart is a CNN reporter based at the network's London bureau.

Brits Head To The Polls Still Divided Over Brexit

As Americans find themselves divided over impeachment, Brits are at odds over Brexit. That's the nation’s divorce from the European Union. London’s Big...

December 12, 2019
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington

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