<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Brexit (/ ˈbrɛksɪt / or / ˈbrɛɡzɪt /) is the popular term for the prospective withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). </P> <P> In a referendum on 23 June 2016, 51.9% of the participating UK electorate voted to leave the EU . On 29 March 2017, the British government invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union; although revoking this might be legally possible, the UK is thus on course to leave the EU by March 2019 . </P> <P> Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the UK would not seek permanent membership of the single market or the customs union after leaving the EU and promised to repeal the European Communities Act of 1972 and incorporate existing European Union law into UK domestic law . Negotiations with the EU officially started in June 2017 . </P>

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