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• Brexit refers to the UK leaving the EU.

• EU consists of 28 countries.
• A public vote (known as a referendum) was held in June 2016, when
17.4 million people opted for Brexit. This gave the Leave side 52%,
compared with 48% for Remain.
• UK joined EU in 1973
• Too much interreference by EU in UK.
• Britain did not receive their tax refund(2nd largest contributor of the
EU).
• The European Union regulations cost to businesses in UK.
• Britain no longer had to accept the rigid fiscal policies applied by the
EU or have to fund the EU foreign aid

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