Brexit (; a
portmanteau of "British exit") was the
withdrawal
Withdrawal means "an act of taking out" and may refer to:
* Anchoresis (withdrawal from the world for religious or ethical reasons)
* ''Coitus interruptus'' (the withdrawal method)
* Drug withdrawal
* Social withdrawal
* Taking of money from a ban ...
of the
United Kingdom (UK) from the
European Union (EU) at 23:00
GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020
CET).
[The UK also left the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).] The UK is the only
sovereign country to have left the EU or the EC.
[ Greenland left the EC (but became an OTC) on 1 February 1985.] The UK had been a member state of the EU or its predecessor the
European Communities
The European Communities (EC) were three international organizations that were governed by the same set of institutions. These were the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), and the ...
(EC), sometimes of both at the same time, since 1 January 1973. Following Brexit,
EU law and the
Court of Justice of the European Union no longer have
primacy over British laws, except in select areas in relation to
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