People
Theresa May
Who is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
23 June 2016
When did the United Kingdom hold a referendum concerning its membership of the European Union?
The term used for a working document, not the final agreement.
What is a draft agreement?
When international trade is left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions.
What is free trade?
The EU does not know how it will check goods crossing in and out of the EU and stop products that do not meet EU standards.
Why is the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic so important?
The British Prime Minister who called for the referendum on the UK leaving the EU.
Who is David Cameron?
11pm, 29 March 2019
When is the the United Kingdom due to leave the European Union?
The term used for the situation where the UK and the EU cannot find an agreement.
What is a no-deal Brexit?
One of the two or more participants in an ongoing business relationship.
What is a trading partner?
The UK and the Republic of Ireland more than the EU.
Which countries will suffer the most economically?
The Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland?
Who is Leo Varadker?
1998
When was the Belfast Agreement which laid the foundation for the peace process in Northern Ireland signed?
The duration when the UK will still abide by current EU rules to allow for future trade arrangements to be negotiated.
What is the transition period?
When people or goods are inspected when travelling between two countries.
What is a border check?
It has cut consumer purchasing power and reduced investment.
What consequence has the fall in sterling had?
The Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, the party in coalition with the Conservative Party in Westminster.
Who is Arlene Foster?
31 December 2020
When will the transition period, if the EU and the UK have agreed on a treaty, end?
The term for the guarantee there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
What is the backstop?
A free trade area in which allows goods to circulate freely and impose the same tariffs on exports into the area.
What is a customs union?
It may lead to the return of violence between Unionists and Republicans.
What is the danger of the return to a hard, physical border?
The Polish politician who has been the President of the European Council since 2014
Who is Donald Tusk?
31 December 2022
Until when could the transition period be extended to allow the EU and the UK to negotiate a trading deal?
The term used for the formal, legal agreement composed of the details concerning the UK leaving the EU.
What is the withdrawal agreement/the divorce or exit bill?
The system of rules and regulations which allow free movement of goods, services, people and capital.
What is the single market?
British army checkpoints were removed, and ID and custom checks disappeared.
What was the physical consequence of The Good Friday Agreement?