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France
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Italy
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United Kingdom
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Germany
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British Parliament passed the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019, which received Royal Assent on 9 September 2019, obliging the Prime Minister to seek a third extension if no agreement has been reached at the next European Council meeting in October 2019.
Detailed explanation-2: -Currently, the United Kingdom is the only former member state to have withdrawn from the European Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -The latest Treaty, the Lisbon Treaty, entered into force on 1 December 2009.
Detailed explanation-4: -A timeline of the process is available on the European Council website. As a result, at 11pm GMT 31 January 2020 (10am AEDT 1 February), the UK formally ceased to be a member state of the EU. The UK and EU then entered a transition period until 31 December 2020.
Detailed explanation-5: -Negotiations formally opened on 19 June 2017, when David Davis, the UK’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, arrived in Brussels to meet with Michel Barnier, the Chief Negotiator appointed by the European Commission.