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While much of the world experienced 2020 as the Year of the Pandemic, Europe has faced a second challenge: agreeing on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU), known by the shorthand term “Brexit.” The United Kingdom is Britain - which includes England, Scotland and Wales - plus Northern Ireland, bordering Ireland.
At the end of January 2020, the United Kingdom formally departed from the European Union. This ended the formal relationship between that nation and the regional economic organization on the continent, with the rest of the year for transition.
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