Brexit
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Brexit
The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union is widely known as Brexit, a portmanteau of "British" and "exit".[1] Following a referendum held on 23 June 2016 in which 52% of votes cast were in favour of leaving the EU, the UK government intends to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, the formal procedure for withdrawing, by the end of March 2017. This, within the treaty terms, would put the UK on a course to leave the EU by March 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May, elected by the ruling Conservative Party in the wake of the referendum, has promised a bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and to incorporate existing EU laws into UK domestic law.[2] The terms of withdrawal have not yet been negotiated; in the meantime, the UK remains a full member of the European Union.
The UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC), a predecessor of the EU, in 1973, and confirmed its membership in a 1975 referendum by 67% of the votes. Historical opinion polls 1973–2015 tended to reveal majorities in favour of remaining in the EEC, EC or EU. In the 1970s and 1980s, withdrawal from the EEC was advocated mainly by some Labour Party and trade union figures. From the 1990s, withdrawal from the EU was advocated mainly by some Conservatives and by the newly founded UK Independence Party (UKIP).
Brexit (like its early variant, Brixit)[3] is a portmanteau of "Britain" and "exit". It was derived by analogy from Grexit, referring to a hypothetical withdrawal of Greece from the eurozone (and possibly also the EU).[4] The term Brexit may have first been used in reference to a possible UK withdrawal from the EU by Peter Wilding in a Euractiv blog post on 15 May 2012.[5][6] The terms "hard Brexit" and "soft Brexit" are much used unofficially,[7] and are understood to describe the prospective relationship between the UK and the EU after withdrawal, ranging from hard, that could involve the UK trading with the EU like any other non-EU-member country under World Trade Organisation rules but with no obligation to accept free movement of people, to soft, that might involve retaining membership of the EU single market for goods and services and at least some free movement of people, according to European Economic Area rules.
Structure of the lead:
WHO: not given
WHAT: leave EU
WHEN:15 May 2012
WHERE:not given
WHY: not given
HOW:not given
Keywords:
referendum:(n.)公民投票權
portmanteau:(n.)混成詞
predecessor:(n.)前任
advocated:(v.)提倡
derived:(v.)擷取的
analogy:(n.)相似
hypothetical:(a.)假設的
prospective:(a.)預期的
obligation:(n.)責任
variant:(a,)不同的
withdrawal:(n.)撤回
treaty:(n.)條約
