MEPs and UK MPs met&nbsp;in Brussels on 3 and 4 July for the third EU-United Kingdom Parliamentary Partnership Assembly to discuss, among other issues, the state of play within the Partnership Council, EU-UK common efforts to support Ukraine, and cooperation on trade and industrial policy - including responses to the US Inflation Reduction Act.&nbsp;

EU-UK relations are changed&nbsp;following Brexit and the deal reached at the end of 2020. The United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020, after 47 years of EU membership. The UK has lost all the rights and benefits it had as an EU Member State and is no longer a part of the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union.

The EU-UK withdrawal agreement in force since 1 February 2020, ensured that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU happened in an orderly manner, and protects the rights of EU citizens and UK nationals, the EU’s financial interests, and peace and stability on the island of Ireland.

The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK sets out preferential arrangements in areas such as trade in goods and in services, digital trade, intellectual property, public procurement, aviation and road transport, energy, fisheries, social security coordination, law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, thematic cooperation and participation in Union programmes.&nbsp; In April 2021 the European Parliament voted with a large majority in favour of granting also its consent to the agreement.

EU - UK relations

On 29 March 2017, Theresa MAY, British Prime Minister, triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

The right of a Member State to withdraw from the European Union was introduced for the first time with the Lisbon Treaty; the possibility of withdrawal was highly controversial before that. The Article 50 provides for the negotiation of a withdrawal agreement between the EU and the withdrawing state, defining in particular the latter's future relationship with the Union. If no agreement is concluded within two years, that state's membership ends automatically, unless the European Council and the Member State concerned decide jointly to extend this period.

See also our previous package on <a href="https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/brexit-8th-parliamentary-term_1603_pk">Brexit</a>.

Brexit

This package contains the events of 2020. For latest events, see related links.

The UK leaving the EU is not the end of cooperation. Discussions start to determine how the two will work together. Based on the European Commission’s draft negotiating directives, which were presented by EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday 3 February, the resolution will provide the Parliament’s initial input to the upcoming negotiations with the British government on a new partnership after Brexit.

The transition period starting on 1 February is set to expire at the end of December 2020. Any agreement on the future EU-UK relationship will have to be fully concluded before that point if it is to come into force on 1 January 2021. The transition period can be extended once for one to two years, but the decision to do so must be taken by the EU-UK Joint Committee before 1 July 2020. Parliament will have to approve any future relationship agreement. If such an agreement refers to competences that the EU shares with member states, then national parliaments will also need to ratify it.

EU - UK relations (2020)

EU27 leaders will meet on 10 April 2019 to discuss the latest developments on Brexit.

"In view of the rejection of the withdrawal agreement by the House of Commons, I have decided to call a European Council on 10 April," confirmed President Donald Tusk on 29 March, following the vote in the House of Commons. On 21 March EU27 leaders decided to delay the Brexit date until 12 April 2019, should the withdrawal agreement be rejected.

Special meeting of the European Council on article 50, 10/04/2019

EP plenary session - Future Relations between the EU and the UK

EP plenary session - Future Relations between the EU and the UK - Arrivals

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents with Michel BARNIER, EU Chief Negotiator and the European Commission’s Head of Taskforce for relations with the UK

Meeting of the EU-UK Coordination group- Interview with David McALLISTER, Chair of the EP-UK coordination group

Meeting of the EU-UK Coordination group

Brexit - Farewell ceremony for departing British MEPs

S&D event ' It's not goodbye it's au revoir '

Vote on the conclusion of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and Euratom: statements by shadow rapporteurs

The Union Jack British flag waving outside the EP building in Strasbourg

EP Plenary session - Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens’ rights in the Withdrawal Agreement

CCC meeting with Michel BARNIER, European Chief Negotiator for the United Kingdom Exiting the European Union

Plenary session - European Council and Commission statements - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019

Extraordinary meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents on State of play of the UK withdrawal from the EU - Statement by David SASSOLI, EP President;

AFCO meeting with the Brexit steering group (BSG)

Extraordinary meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents on State of play of the UK withdrawal from the EU

Representatives of the European Commission's Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom discuss the analysis of the EU-UK agreement and debrief on the EU-UK Agreement on future relationship with the UK, in the European Parliament, in Brussels. They also discuss the conclusion of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part. Statements by Pierre KARLESKIND (RE, FR), Chair of the Committee on Fisheries (PECH), Charlina VITCHEVA, Director General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission, Leon DELVAUX, Director-General for Trade, European Commission, and Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU).

EU-UK agreement: debriefing on the EU-UK Agreement on future relationship with the UK and conclusion of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (14-18 December 2020), MEPs debate future relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. MEPs debate (part 3)

Future relations between the EU and the UK: MEPs debate (part 3)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (14-18 December 2020), MEPs debate future relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Ambiance shots in the hemicycle before the debate.

Future relations between the EU and the UK: ambiance shots prior to the plenary

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (14-18 December 2020), MEPs debate future relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. MEPs debate (part 1.2)

Future relations between the EU and the UK: MEPs debate (part 1.2)

During the plenary session (14-18/12) of the European Parliament, mainly in Brussels, MEPs debate the future relations between the European Union and the United Kindgom. Extracts from the debate.

Future relations between the EU and the UK: extracts from the debate

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (14-18 December 2020), MEPs debate future relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Closing statement by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Interinstitutional relations and Foresight. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Future relations between the EU and the UK: closing statement by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Interinstitutional relations and Foresight

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (14-18 December 2020), MEPs debate future relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. MEPs debate (part 2)

Future relations between the EU and the UK: MEPs debate (part 2)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (14-18 December 2020), MEPs debate future relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. MEPs debate (part 1.1)

Future relations between the EU and the UK: MEPs debate (part 1.1)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (14-18 December 2020), MEPs debate future relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Opening statements by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Interinstitutional relations and Foresight and by Michel BARNIER, Head of the UK Task-Force. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Future relations between the EU and the UK: opening statements by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Interinstitutional relations and Foresight and by Michel BARNIER, Head of the UK Task-Force

The EP Conference of Presidents meets in the European Parliament n Brussels, with Michel BARNIER, European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom (UKTF). Arrivals and roundtable

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents: arrivals and roundtable with Michel BARNIER, European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom (UKTF)

Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the EC during the debate on the Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 10-11 December 2020 informed the MEPs on the progress of negotiations between the EU and the UK on their future relations. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check Against delivery.

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 10-11 December 2020 on EU - UK negotiations updates: extracts from the statements by Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the EC

This infoclip illustrates the Brexit and the negociations on the future relations between UK and EU in the perspective of the SOTEU (London general views, Last session with United Kingdom, removal of the Union Jack flag from EP building, Boris Johnson, Barnier, McAllister...).

Infoclip: SOTEU debate - Brexit

Visit of Michel BARNIER, Head of the Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom, to the European Parliament in Brussels. Arrivals, welcome by David SASSOLI, EP President, and roundtable. SASSOLI makes his statement after his meeting in the European Parliament in Brussels.

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Michel BARNIER, Head of the Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom: arrivals, roundtable and extracts from the press point

David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), Chair of the UK Coordination Group and the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), Chair of the International Trade Committee (INTA), Kati PIRI (S&D, NL), and Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), co-rapporteurs, speak to the press on EU-United Kingdom future relations, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Press conference by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), Kati PIRI (S&D, NL), and Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU) on EU-United Kingdom future relations

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs take stock of the progress made in the EU-UK negotiations on a new partnership and adopt a resolution which will serve as its input to the high-level conference planned for June, when both parties will meet to assess the achievements of the talks so far.

Recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: extracts from the debate

David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), Chair of the European Parliament's UK Coordination Group (UKCG), Kati PIRI (S&D, NL) and Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), co-rapporteurs, speak after the meeting on the recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: views during the meeting and vote and statements

David SASSOLI, EP President and political groups’ leaders meet with Michel BARNIER, Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom to discuss the latest developments in the talks with UK, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents with the participation of Michel BARNIER, Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom: extracts the meeting

During the plenary session (29-30 January 2020) in Brussels, Michel BARNIER, Head of Task Force for Relations with the UK and Nikolina BRNJAC, Croatian Presidency, make the closing statement during the debate on the withdrawal Agreement of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community.

Withdrawal Agreement of the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community: closing statement by Michel BARNIER, Head of Task Force for Relations with the UK and Nikolina BRNJAC, Croatian Presidency

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