A withdrawal agreement protects rights of EU and British citizens currently residing in each other’s territory. FMTNews EU
BRUSSELS: Brexit Day is to be set in stone Wednesday when the European Parliament in Brussels casts a vote ratifying the terms of Britain’s divorce deal from the EU.
But from this weekend onward, Britain will be excluded from the EU’s institutions and decision-making.A close neighbour, and an important trade and security partner, but on the outside of Europe’s single-market club, reduced to 27 nations and a combined population of 450 million. The British minister for Europe attending the meeting, Christopher Pincher, expressed optimism on what that would yield.UK goes solo
Brexit Party MEPs, with leader Nigel Farage at the fore, plan to celebrate in Brussels on Wednesday, before heading to London to host Brexit parties on Friday. Although bolstered by a big parliamentary majority, he faces resentment from British “remainers”, a resurgent independence push in anti-Brexit Scotland, and fears among UK businesses about what the loss of frictionless access to the EU’s single market will mean for revenues and jobs.
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