The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union after a June 2016 referendum in which 52 percent of British voters chose to leave. The decision led to long negotiations, extensions of deadlines, political disagreement within Britain, and two changes of prime minister. An agreement on Brexit, meaning British exit from the EU, was eventually reached that satisfied the EU and most of Parliament. On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom became the first country to withdraw from the European Union.
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