Political history

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• Treaty of Union agreed by commissioners for each parliament on 22 July 1706.
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•Acts of Union 1707, passed by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland to
form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
•Act of Union 1800, passed by both the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland to
form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The political framework

•On October 17, 2019, the EU and the British government, led by new Prime Minister Boris Johnson,
reached a new agreement on a revised Brexit deal
•On October 28, 2019, after accepting the UK's new extension request, the EU agreed to postpone
the Brexit date to January 31st, 2020.
•In January 2020, the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill was finally adopted by the House of
Commons and the House of Lords and received royal assent.
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•. It is currently foreseen that the transition period will expire on 31 December 2020 without
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an extension authorisation, leaving open the possibility of a Brexit without a free trade agreement.