Brexit took place: Britain officially withdrew from the European Union

On the night (Central European Time) of January 31 to February 1 (at 18:00 January 31 New York), 188 weeks after the Brexit referendum, Britain formally left the European Union. Preparations for the release took place throughout the day in London and Brussels, and Boris Johnson promised the British a “national revival,” writes Air force.

“I think this is a healthy and democratic decision,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday night in his Brexit address to the nation.

“I believe that for all its strengths, the European Union has been developing for 50 years in a direction that is no longer suitable for our country,” the prime minister said, promising that January 31 will be the starting point for the “national revival” of Britain.

Tonight we are leaving the European Union. pic.twitter.com/CboWQzYRM4

- UK Prime Minister (@ 10DowningStreet) January 31, 2020

The prime minister added that the new Britain will control migration, create free economic zones, will not stop the fight against global climate change and will finally overcome crime.

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Technical preparations by the time of the official exit from the EU went all day. In Brussels, the British flag was lowered at the European Parliament building, replacing it with the flag of the European Union.

A group of British members of the European Parliament, expelled from the meeting room a few days ago for waving British flags, left Brussels with pomp. Parliamentarian Jonathan Bullock waved a Union Jack from his car window as he drove out of town.

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The moment of removal of the flag was on the video of the correspondent of the Air Force.

Union Flag being lowered in Brussels tonight pic.twitter.com/EZeHMo604P

- Nick Eardley (@nickeardleybbc) January 31, 2020

An unprecedented concentration of British flags could be seen in London. At the parliament building on Friday, January 31, supporters of Brexit gathered.

On Friday, both supporters and opponents of Brexit held rallies. A demonstration of the Leave Means Leave movement took place in Parliament Square. Supporters of leaving the EU came to the event wearing suits with Union Jack motifs.

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