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The EU and the U.K. say they will hold several weeks of “intensive” talks on the latest proposals.

  The term Brexit, coined by former lawyer Peter Wilding, is a blend of two words - "Britain" and "exit". He wrote about "Brexit" in May 2012. As the name suggests, the United Kingdom’s divorce with the European Union is known as Brexit.     The European Union (EU) is a grouping of 28 countries that trade and allow their citizens to move freely between nations to work and live. Initially, it was built on the ruins of World War II to end centuries of bloodshed and to integrate economic...

"The deal is done," was the message posted on social media alongside an image of a jubilant UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his arms in the air, moments after news of a post-Brexit free trade agreement (FTA) hit the headlines on Thursday. He soon took to the podium at 10 Downing Street in London to declare that he had kept his promise to the British electorate, who had voted for Brexit in a referendum in June 2016 and then handed him a thumping majority in December 2019 on a manifesto th...