Insider
Politics
Many topics
need to be dis-
cussed and
agreed upon be-
fore a deal can
be made:
Immigration
There are
around 3 mil-
lion people
from other EU
countries liv-
ing, working
or studying in
the UK, and
make it
around 2 mil-
easier for
lion British
EU coun-
people living
tries to
in other EU
trade prod-
countries. It
ucts and
needs to be
services
decided what
with each
would happen
other.
to those peo-
The UK
ple in coun-
needs to
tries where
work out
they are not
how it will
citizens.
trade with
Immigration
EU coun-
between EU
tries if it is
countries
no longer
needs to be
part of the
discussed as
single mar-
people will not
ket, which
automatically
makes
be able to
trading
move across
easier be-
the border as
tween
freely as they
member
could before.
countries.
Trading
Laws
One of the
main reasons Countries
in the EU
the EU was
share some
set up was to
laws be-
tween them.
The UK has
needs to de-
cide which
bits of EU
law it wants
to keep, and
which bits it
doesn't.
It could take
a while to
separate as
they are so
similar. The
UK might
have to keep
some rules if
it wants to
have certain
relationships
with the EU
after leaving.
'Brexit bill'
The UK will
need to pay
the EU a sum
of money
when it
leaves. Politi-
cians need to
agree what
this sum of
money would
be.
Irish border
As part of the
UK, Northern
Ireland is also
due to leave
the EU, but
the Republic
of Ireland will
remain a
member of
the EU. Once
Northern Ire-
land has left
the EU, peo-
ple will not be
able to move
as freely
across the
border so pol-
iticians need
to work out
how they will
manage the
border.
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