Outcome of the special European Council (Article 50), 25 November 2018
Briefing
29-11-2018
EU-27 leaders endorsed the withdrawal agreement and approved the political declaration on future EU-UK relations on 25 November 2018. After last minute statements regarding Gibraltar and clarification on a possible extension to the transition period removed all obstacles. The agreement is due to enter into force on 30 March 2019. President Tajani stressed that the European Parliament ‘welcomes the Political Declaration on the future relationship and regards it as an excellent basis on which to develop [the EU’s] post-Brexit cooperation with the United Kingdom’.
Briefing
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- cooperation policy
- cooperation policy
- economic geography
- EU institutions and European civil service
- Europe
- European construction
- European Council
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union membership
- fundamental rights
- GEOGRAPHY
- Gibraltar
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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- negotiation of an agreement (EU)
- overseas countries and territories
- political geography
- rights and freedoms
- transitional period (EU)
- United Kingdom
- withdrawal from the EU