CONSIDERING that the provisions set out in this Protocol should ensure the correct implementation and application of the relevant provisions of Union law on sovereign bases following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, the EU and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on the Withdrawal Agreement with a revised Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland (deletion of the “backstop”) and a revised political explanation This is what we are opposed. On the same day, the European Council (Article 50) approved these texts. In particular, this Protocol shall not prevent the United Kingdom from concluding agreements with a third country which grant preferential access to the market of that country to products manufactured in Northern Ireland under the same conditions as products manufactured in other parts of the United Kingdom. On the 15th. In November 2018, a day after the UK government cabinet presented and supported the deal, several members of the government resigned, including Dominic Raab, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. [28] 2. After notification by the United Kingdom and the Union of the date of entry into force of the agreements referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Joint Committee established by Article 164 (hereinafter referred to as `the Joint Committee`) shall determine the date from which the provisions of this Title shall apply to nationals of Iceland and the Principality of Liechtenstein; the Kingdom of Norway and, where applicable, the Swiss Confederation. CONSIDERING that sovereign control areas should remain part of the customs territory of the Union after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, the Withdrawal Agreement must also be ratified by the European Parliament under WAB law. The United Kingdom shall continue to be entitled to its share of the amounts recovered under Member States` guarantees and to the balance of its appeal account in its Member States. The share of the United Kingdom referred to in this subparagraph shall be proportionate to its respective participation in each guarantee agreement. The agreement covers issues such as money, civil rights, border regulation and dispute settlement. It also includes a transition period and an overview of the future relationship between the UK and the EU.
It was published on 14 November 2018 and was the result of the Brexit negotiations. The agreement was approved by the heads of state and government of the remaining 27 EU countries[9] and the British government of Prime Minister Theresa May, but met with resistance in the British Parliament, whose approval was required for ratification. The consent of the European Parliament would also have been required. On 15 January 2019, the House of Commons rejected the Withdrawal Agreement by 432 votes to 202. [10] The House of Commons again rejected the agreement on March 12, 2019 by 391 votes to 242[11] and rejected it a third time on March 29, 2019 by 344 votes to 286. On 22 October 2019, the revised withdrawal agreement negotiated by the Boris Johnson government was published in the first stage in Parliament, but Johnson suspended the legislative process when the accelerated approval programme did not find the necessary support and announced his intention to call a general election. [12] On 23 January 2020, Parliament ratified the agreement by adopting the Withdrawal Agreement. On 29 January 2020, the European Parliament approved the Withdrawal Agreement. It was then concluded by the Council of the European Union on 30 January 2020 […].