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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban leaves at the end of an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, June 25, 2021.

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Europe's week: Brexit returns and Orban announces anti-LGBT referendum

The Commission also released its annual report on the rule of law across the EU, with Hungary, Poland and Slovenia in starring roles.

Brexit Explainers

In this file photo dated Tuesday, January 28, 2020, the EU and UK flags are seen inside the atrium at the Europa building in Brussels.

Post-Brexit Guide: Where are we now – and how did we get here?

Five years to the day since the UK voted to leave the EU, Euronews' updated explainer looks at current rows, the painful divorce, and the events that led to Brexit.

A computer screen shows news about the Brexit as a broker watches his screens at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019.

Will Europe's financial capitals steal London's crown, post-Brexit?

Customs officials check vehicles at the P&O ferry terminal in the port at Larne on the north coast of Northern Ireland, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021.

Post-Brexit trade: Is red tape chaos really just 'teething trouble'?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson signs the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement at 10 Downing Street, London Wednesday Dec. 30, 2020.

Nine Brexit deal claims by Boris or his ministers that are untrue

Dawn outside the Houses of Parliament in London on the first day of Brexit taking effect

Brexit begins for real today - but what are the key changes?

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'Divorce is always negative': Michel Barnier gives an overview of Brexit

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'Divorce is always negative': Barnier gives Brexit overview

Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, gives his insight on the whole 1600 days of Brexit and discusses his new book on his role and experience during the discussions. He also reveals his political aspirations for the future.

05/07/2021

Brexit: Michel Barnier 'prefers not to say' what he thinks of UK negotiators

Michel Barnier 'prefers not to give opinion' on UK Brexit negotiators

'I prefer to stop at that': The EU's former chief Brexit negotiator tells Euronews he greatly respected UK ex-PM Theresa May and her top delegate, but offers no comment on her successor Boris Johnson or his team.

05/07/2021

European Commissioner for Inter-institutional Relations and Foresight Maros Sefcovic at the European Parliament in Brussels on June 23, 2021.

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EU, UK agree temporary truce over 'sausage war'

Brussels agreed on Wednesday to extend a grace period for the transit of chilled meat between Great Britain and Northern Ireland for three months.

30/06/2021

In this Friday, June 24, 2016 photo, a group of tourists posing for a photograph in front of the Spanish Parliament is seen through the EU flag in Madrid, Spain.

Deadline for residency claims for Britons in France, Latvia and Malta

UK citizens living in some EU countries must apply by Wednesday for post-Brexit residency status, as do EU nationals in the UK.

30/06/2021

A poster encourages EU nationals to apply to the Government's post-Brexit EU settlement scheme at South Kensington underground station in London on March 25, 2019.

Uncertainty for many EU citizens on UK Brexit residency deadline day

Wednesday is the deadline for applications for the UK government's post-Brexit "settled status" scheme for EU nationals living in the country.

30/06/2021

A Loyalist opposed to the Northern Ireland Protocol attends a rally in Newtownards town centre, Northern Ireland, Friday, June 18, 2021.

N Ireland: Who's right in the EU-UK dispute over the Brexit protocol?

The Brexit treaty Boris Johnson signed with Brussels keeps Northern Ireland aligned to EU rules to keep an open Irish land border, but has brought trade friction with the rest of the UK.

29/06/2021

Two girls take pictures outside the Louvre Museum courtyard, in Paris, June 9, 2021 as France reopened its borders to foreign travellers.

EE and O2 customers will soon have to pay roaming charges in the EU

Going on holiday to Europe just got more expensive for Brits.

24/06/2021

Anti-EU signage on a boat

Fishing flotilla sails to Irish parliament in protest of quotas

A flotilla of around 70 fishing boats moor on Dublin’s river Liffey, outside the city’s convention centre where parliament is currently sitting.

23/06/2021

Brexit 5 years on: UK's exit 'shifted EU power balance to bigger nations'

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Brexit 5 years on: UK exit 'shifted EU power balance to big nations'

Brexit forced the EU to reconsider how it is made up and the balance of power. Five years on, Brussels watchers spoke to Euronews about their views on the UK's exit.

23/06/2021

A British Union flag from Brexit day celebrations lies in the grass in front of the Palace of Westminster in London, early Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.

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Five years on, how has Brexit changed Europe?

"There was worry that this was the beginning of the end, or that the UK departure would sow division in Europe. In fact, the EU has been very united, very consistent in how it's handled Brexit," says Brigid Laffan, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute.

23/06/2021

An anti-Brexit protester wears EU badges on her bag, near Parliament Square, in London, Wednesday, May 26, 2021.

Post-Brexit rights: EU citizens given 28 days to apply to stay in UK

EU nationals who have not applied for settled status in the UK by the June 30 deadline will be given a formal 28-day warning to do so or risk losing their right to live, work and access free healthcare in the country.

23/06/2021

European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic (L) and his UK counterpart David Frost in post-Brexit Partnership Council and Joint Committee meetings, London, June 9, 2021.

Brexit 5 years on: Europe 'is punishing the UK' for leaving EU: Poll

Europeans think that their leaders and Brussels are making Britain's divorce from the EU more difficult than it needs to be.

23/06/2021

A woman holds up the British Union and the European Union flags together during an event in Brussels, Belgium on Jan. 30, 2020.

Brexit 5 years on: 'We would have you back,' says Europe, in new poll

Most respondents in France, Germany, Italy and Spain have a message for the UK: We want EU back, we want EU back for good.

23/06/2021

In this file photo taken on May 03, 2021 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Jeffrey Donaldson poses for a photo at the party's headquarters in Belfast.

Next DUP chief Jeffrey Donaldson demands action on N Ireland protocol

The Westminster MP is the only leadership candidate in the latest twist in the Northern Ireland unionist party's internal power struggle.

22/06/2021

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 file photo, Former British House of Commons speaker, John Bercow, speaks during an interview with Associated Press in London.

Ex-UK Speaker Bercow, scourge of Brexiteers, joins Labour

Former Speaker John Bercow became a hero to opponents of Brexit and was recognised around the world for his loud calls of “Order!”

20/06/2021

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, greets Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison at 10 Downing Street, in London, June 14, 2021.

UK hails 'historic' post-Brexit trade deal with Australia

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison reached an agreement on the deal during negotiations in London on Monday, Australia's trade minister said.

15/06/2021

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and France's President Emmanuel Macron take part in a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Carbis bay, Cornwall on June 12, 2021.

N Ireland: Macron tells Johnson to keep his word on Brexit accords

The French President said a reset of Franco-British relations depends on respect for binding Brexit agreements, while the UK Prime Minister called for 'pragmatism and compromise' over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

12/06/2021

Britain's Minister for the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom, David Frost, right, speaks to his EU counterpart Maros Sefcovic, during a meeting, in London, June 9, 2021.

Northern Ireland Protocol: EU's patience with UK 'wearing very thin'

David Frost, Britain's Brexit Minister, called on the EU to show "common sense" while the EU says the UK's threat to unilaterally extend a waiver on border checks will be met with repercussions.

09/06/2021

Democratic Unionist Party member Paul Givan speaks to the media at Stormont Buildings parliament in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

Northern Ireland: DUP names new first minister as EU warns UK on trade

The move is seen as confirming the British unionist party's return to its traditionalist roots. It comes as the EU warns the UK to respect Brexit trade obligations.

08/06/2021

This is a Jan 1 2016 file photo of Jan Gunnar Johansen and Trond Dalgard as they fish for cod from the vessel Buaodden in the Norwegian Sea near Gryllefjord, northern Norway.

UK strikes post-Brexit trade deal with Norway and Iceland

The agreement is said to be the most advanced the EEA members have done to date, and includes digital trade as well as farming and fishing.

04/06/2021