IMPORTANT DATES
- 1992 = Despite all these problems w/ Europe, Britain did sign the Maastricht Treaty
there was almost a war.
- 1997 = Election of Tony Blair as BPM
- 2003 = Major disappointment, T.Blair joined the US to invade Iraq, the UE had refused to take part in that war.
- 2010 = D.Cameron, elected BPM in May, compared to T.Blair was more like Thatcher. The conservative party has a strong eurosceptic
- 2015 : He was reelected, as promised he organized a referendum on whether or not Britain would stay in the EU.
- On June 23rd, 2016 : the referendum took place and saw the victory of the Leave camp.
A year later, Cameron resigned because he lost
T.May (Conservative party) replaced him during 2016-2019. Her 3 years in power were entirely dedicated to Brexit.
- On the 29th of march 2017 : Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty was triggered to start the process of Britain leaving the EU.
July 2019 : T.May resigned
B.Johnson is elected > Jan 31st 2020 Britain officially left.