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Why is Brexit, called brexit?
Brexit, means that UK (Britian) left the European Union. So the word: Brexit, is actually a combitaion of the two words Britian and exit. Where the two first letters of Britain is used and the full word exit, to combine it as one short name/word.
That's a short explanation on why it's called that.
Many british voters were unsure during the 2016 referendum, what is the European union? (EU)
1. A union that all countries in Europe has to be a part of where they work together to strenghen the military across the countries.
2. An organisation were European countries give up their independence and have to follow the same laws, culture, and political system.
3. A powerful European government that replaces national parlaments, and makes all political decisions.
4. A group of European countries that work together on laws, free trade and easier travel between the member countries.
4. A group of European countries that work together on laws, free trade and easier travel between the member countries.
When did the UK officially leave the European Union?
1. In june 2016, when british voters first decided to leave the Eurpean Union.
2. On 29th march 2019, which was the original deadline that the UK goverment made./set
3. On the 31st of january 2020 after years of negotiations that followed the 2016 referendum.
4 1st of January 2020, when new EU rules no longer applied in the United Kingdom.
3. On the 31st of january 2020 after years of negotiations that followed the 2016 referendum.
Why did the people in the UK vote to leave the EU, and who wanted to remain a part of the EU?
The reason to why 52% voted leave, was because they belived that it would make the UK have more control over their own country (as of more control it was about laws, since many are made by the EU, borders and money, since the EU also have a lot of control over those things).
The ones that wanted to leave, were mainly the older population, since people aged 65+ were more than twice as likely to vote for: Leave.
The rest voted to remain (48%) a part of the EU . The reason to that is because, they belived that it would have more benefits for factors as business, economy, security.
Other benefits could help with, immigration to help develop the british workforce and public service.
An agrument to stay, could be that being a part of a wider economic and cultural community would provide an element (a bit more) of security to the UK. The ones that voted: Remain, were mainly people in the agegroup 18-24.
Brexit can/will affect many, but how could Brexit impact students?
A few ways that Brexit, can affect students from the UK is by endning or lowering, funding from Europe for research.
It could also make studying abroad/exchanges more complicated/change them, since a lot of it is funded by the EU. That could make tuition fees way higher, which also means less are able to participate in exchange programs across Europe.
What happened after the Brexit referendum in 2016?
The UK held a second referendum, beacuse many voters were not really sure about what leaving the European Union meant. This showed when "what is the EU" was one of the most searched questions right after the results were announced.
The UK began a long process to actually leave the EU, which took a very long time because the union didn't have any experience with a country leaving them before.
The UK stayed in the European Union for a few years until they had negotiated with all the other countries in the EU, and made new declerations for a country's withdrawal from the union.
The EU stopped existing, and a few years later NATO was created instead now focusing mainly on military forces.
2. The UK began a long process to actually leave the EU, which took a very long time because the union didn't have any experience with a country leaving them before.