{"id":4555,"date":"2019-04-20T18:09:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T18:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2019-04-20T18:09:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T18:09:20","slug":"a-short-guide-on-understanding-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/2019\/04\/20\/a-short-guide-on-understanding-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Guide on Understanding Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the statistics section of our College\u2019s website, 64% of Imperial students are not UK citizens, meaning that Brexit will affect most of us one way or another.<br \/>\nBut what is it? Should international students care about Brexit? Should UK students?<br \/>\nAlthough there aren\u2019t conclusive answers to these questions, hopefully, this short guide will be of help when trying to understand Brexit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Brexit?<\/strong><br \/>\nBrexit is the combination of the words \u201cBritain\u201d and \u201cexit\u201d and it means the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of Brexit<\/strong><br \/>\nAlthough Brexit involves many negotiations regarding different aspects, it is usually divided into two:<br \/>\n\u2022 Hard Brexit: UK would break all economic agreements with the EU, i.e. giving up on the single market and customs union. This basically means that the UK would have full and unique control of its borders and trade deals.<br \/>\n\u2022 Soft Brexit: although the UK would have withdrawn the EU (not being represented in any European institution) it still has access to the single market by maintaining the free movement of people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brexit timeline<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 June 23, 2016 \u2013 UK Referendum takes place, 51.9% of the population vote to leave the EU<br \/>\n\u2022 March 29, 2017 \u2013 Theresa May triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty<br \/>\n\u2022 April 29, 2017 \u2013 The remaining 27 Member States discuss Brexit<br \/>\n\u2022 May 2017-October 2018 \u2013 Brexit Negotiations begin between UK and EU<br \/>\n\u2022 March 2019 \u2013 UK expected to leave the EU<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Lisbon treaty is an agreement that was signed in 2009 by the Heads of Government of each Member State of the EU. It became the Constitutional basis of this institution, including article 50, which exposes the conditions and procedures that a State must follow should it wish to withdraw the EU. You may find the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/BRIE\/2016\/577971\/EPRS_BRI%282016%29577971_EN.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today is April 20th, why hasn\u2019t the UK left the EU yet?<\/strong><br \/>\nAlthough the theory says that a State has 2 years to negotiate with the EU in order to leave, the reality is that concluding agreements have not yet arrived. This is not caused by May\u2019s discussion with the European Union, but with the rest of British politicians. May\u2019s Brexit deal has been rejected by the MPs twice already.<br \/>\nThis should not come as a surprise, bearing in mind that the Brexit referendum showed that the British population is drastically divided. From \u201chard brexiteers\u201d who would not accept May\u2019s deal considering it a shame, to remainders asking for a second referendum hoping that this European break up can be stopped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will happen?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe future is very uncertain, the economic, social and political future of the UK is still to be written. There are so many factors that can determine how, for example, international students will be affected. In the best of cases, European students will still be assigned a home fee, and overseas can still attend British Universities without any extra bureaucracy.<br \/>\nThe development of Brexit does not rely on us, but that doesn\u2019t mean that we shouldn\u2019t care about it. 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