Britain voted to leave the European Union in a referendum in June 2016 – a result that sent shockwaves across the globe. In March 2017, the UK launched the EU exit process, setting a historic and uncharted course to become the first country to withdraw from the bloc by 2019. What will Brexit mean for Britain, the EU and above all Europeans?
Brexit
Britain’s divorce from the EU
From Referendum to Brexit
The advent of Brexit: from referendum to ratification - a timeline
Five flashpoints in the Brexit trade talks
The EU and Britain have each agreed their negotiating positions for post-Brexit trade talks, teeing up months of high-pressure haggling to get a deal done by the end of the year
Free ports: business boosters or dirty money havens?
Britain has launched a 10-week consultation aimed at creating 10 so-called 'free ports' to stimulate the post-Brexit economy
Conflicting visions of post-Brexit trade
Brussels warns that the end-of-year timeline is extremely ambitious, and has voiced concern that the transition period could expire before a deal on future relations is in place.
EU turns page on Brexit, moves on to trade talks
A resolute European Union sought Friday to turn the page on Brexit and move on to negotiating a looser, less favourable trading relationship with its departing British partner
Britain’s years-long battle over Brexit
The curtain will finally come down on Britain's membership of the EU, after three years of disagreements and delays. What were the milestones in the rocky process?