British European Union Membership

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  "Brexit Gone, Receding Behind Us," Boris Johnson In 1st Major Post-Brexit Speech

  The word Brexit is "over" and is receding behind us into history, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday in his first major speech since the UK formally left the European Union after 47 years of membership following the vote in favour of the deal in June 2016.

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  British Lawmakers Vote To Seize Control Of Brexit For A Day

  British lawmakers wrested control of the parliamentary agenda from the government for a day in a highly unusual bid to find a way through the Brexit impasse after Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal was rejected again.

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  Brace For A UK Election Next Year, Says Opposition Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn

  Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said there is likely to be a British national election next year but that he opposes a second referendum on European Union membership, Grazia magazine reported.

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  Still Here? EU Reality Dims British Demand On Full Membership

  Britain will "continue to play a full role until we leave", Prime Minister Theresa May told fellow leaders at her first EU summit; but for many Britons in Brussels that is a forlorn hope.

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  Still Here? European Union Reality Dims British Demand On Full Membership

  Britain will "continue to play a full role until we leave", Prime Minister Theresa May told fellow leaders at her first EU summit; but for many Britons in Brussels that is a forlorn hope.

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  UK Lawsuit Challenges British PM Theresa May On Brexit

  The case is considered the most important constitutional matter in a generation: can Prime Minister Theresa May start negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union without an act of Parliament?

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  UK Lawmakers To Debate On Second EU Membership Referendum

  British lawmakers will debate a public petition on whether to hold a second referendum on the country's membership in the European Union.

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  British Parliament To Debate Petition Calling For Second EU Referendum

  Britain's parliament is to debate a petition signed by more than 4 million members of the public calling for a second referendum on European Union membership, but will not take a decision on whether to re-run last month's vote.

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  With Two Days To Go, Britain's EU Referendum On A Knife-Edge

  With two days to go until a referendum on EU membership that will shape the future of the European Union and the West, polls and surveys indicated British opinion is so divided that the outcome is too close to call.

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  Brexit Campaigning Remains Halted As UK Mourns Jo Cox

  Campaigning in the referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union remains suspended as Britain mourns the killing of Labour Party legislator Jo Cox.

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  Stabbed, Shot 3 Times, British Labour Lawmaker Jo Cox Dies

  A British lawmaker died on Thursday after a shock daylight street attack, throwing campaigning for the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union into disarray just a week before the crucial vote.

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  Brexit vote, Emerging Markets Top Eurozone Growth Risks: ECB

  Eurozone growth will continue to recover slowly but risks are tilted to the downside due to uncertainty over Britain's referendum on European Union membership and to sluggish emerging markets, the European Central Bank said on Thursday.

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  European Shares Sink To 3-Month Low, GAM Plummets

  European shares fell for a fifth straight session on Tuesday, with investors becoming jittery before next week's referendum in Britain on its membership of the European Union and a two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve starting later in the day.

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  British Indian Business Leaders Back Anti-Brexit Campaign

  Ahead of this month's key referendum, more than 80 British Indian business leaders have supported Britain's membership in the European Union, saying Brexit will have the "double whammy effect" by hitting UK businesses as well as impacting inward investment from countries like India.

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  British Treasury Warns Leaving EU Would Cause Recession

  Leaving the European Union would tip Britain into a "year-long recession", finance minister George Osborne warned today as campaigning stepped up a month from a referendum on membership of the bloc.