The UK had been a member state of the EU or its predecessor, the European Communities (EC), since 1 January 1973. The UK is the only sovereign country to have left the EU. It officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).
The United Kingdom in orange the European Union (27 member states) in blue: a representation of the result of Brexitīrexit ( / ˈ b r ɛ k s ɪ t, ˈ b r ɛ ɡ z ɪ t/ blend word of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Its current readable prose size is 11,000 words. This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably.