Sir Mark Ivan Rogers is a former senior British civil servant who was the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 4 November 2013 until his resignation on 3 January 2017.
Sir Timothy Mark Hitchens,is a British diplomat and a former Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen Elizabeth II,in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom,1999–2002.
The Minister of State for Europe,is a ministerial position within the Government of the United Kingdom,in charge of affairs with Europe. The Minister can also be responsible for government policy towards European security;defence and international security;the Falkland Islands;polar regions;migration;protocol;human resources;OSCE and Council of Europe;relations with Parliament;British Overseas Territories of Gibraltar and Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus;and FCO finance,knowledge and technology.
The European-Atlantic Group (E-AG) is a non-governmental organization which aims to promote closer relations between the European and Atlantic countries by providing a forum in Britain for discussion of their problems and possibilities for better economic and political cooperation. The E-AG is a wide-ranging,non-aligned,all-party,registered charity,based in Westminster,which works in the field of international relations. Most E-AG meetings since 2018 have been held at Westminster in House of Commons committee rooms;when Parliament is not sitting,however,meetings may be held in the City or elsewhere in London. E-AG trustees were Lord Hamilton of Epsom and Christopher Arkell until July 2018,when new trustees were appointed. The group aims to strengthen trans-Atlantic links. Its future depends on the support of those who care about issues such as defense and security,the UK's relationship with the United States,NATO,and international challenges. The E-AG,a non-party organization,is classified as educational by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
David George Hamilton Frost,Baron Frost is a former British diplomat,civil servant and politician who served as a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office between March and December 2021. Frost was Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe from January 2020 until his resignation in December 2021.
Nigel Kim Darroch,Baron Darroch of Kew,is a former British diplomat. He served as the British Ambassador to the United States between January 2016 and December 2019,and previously as National Security Adviser and UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.
The Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union was the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the European Union,and head of the United Kingdom Representation to the European Union (UKREP),while the United Kingdom was a member state of the European Union. Their official title was Her Britannic Majesty's Permanent Representative to the European Union. Since the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020,the role was replaced with the British Ambassador to the European Union.
Sir Julian Beresford King is a British diplomat and civil servant who served as the final British European Commissioner from 2016 to 2019 prior to Brexit,having previously served as the British ambassador to Ireland (2009–2011) and France (2016).
On 23 June 2016,a referendum,commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum,took place in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar to ask the electorate whether the country should remain a member of,or leave,the European Union (EU). The referendum resulted in 51.9% of the votes cast being in favour of leaving the EU,triggering calls to begin the process of the country's withdrawal from the EU commonly termed "Brexit".
Brexit was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Following a referendum on 23 June 2016,Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020. The UK is the only sovereign country to have left the EU. The UK had been a member state of the EU or its predecessor,the European Communities (EC),since 1 January 1973. Following Brexit,EU law and the Court of Justice of the European Union no longer have primacy over British laws. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 retains relevant EU law as domestic law,which the UK can amend or repeal.
Lindsay Redvers Mark Seymour Croisdale-Appleby is a British diplomat and Head of the UK Mission to the European Union. Appointed in January 2021,he formally presented his credentials to the President of the European Commission on 29 July 2021. He was Ambassador to Colombia from 2012 to 2015.
A number of politicians,public figures,newspapers and magazines,businesses and other organisations endorsed either the United Kingdom remaining in the EU or the United Kingdom leaving the EU during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.
The Department for Exiting the European Union was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for overseeing negotiations relating to Brexit,and establishing the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the EU. It was formed by the Prime Minister,Theresa May,in July 2016,in the wake of the referendum vote to leave the European Union. The department was dissolved on 31 January 2020 when Brexit took effect.
Katrina Williams is a British civil servant who is the current Deputy Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the European Union,serving under Tim Barrow.
Between 2017 and 2019,representatives of the United Kingdom and the European Union negotiated the terms of Brexit,the UK's planned withdrawal from membership of the EU. These negotiations arose following the decision of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union,following the UK's EU membership referendum on 23 June 2016.
The effect of Brexit on Gibraltar concerns the status of Gibraltar after the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union ("Brexit"). The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020,having formally notified the EU in March 2017 of its intention to do so. Gibraltar is not part of the UK,but unlike all other British Overseas Territories,it was a part of the European Union along with the UK. It participated in the Brexit referendum and it ceased,by default,to be a part of the EU upon the UK's withdrawal.
Brexit negotiations in 2018 took place between the United Kingdom and the European Union for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union following the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum on 23 June 2016. The negotiating period began on 29 March 2017 when the United Kingdom served the withdrawal notice under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. The period for negotiation stated in Article 50 is two years from notification,unless an extension is agreed. In March 2019,British prime minister Theresa May and European leaders negotiated a two-week delay for the Parliament of the United Kingdom to agree on the government's Brexit treaty,moving the date from 29 March 2019 to 12 April 2019. Negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union regarding Brexit began in June 2017,with the following negotiations taking place during 2018.
Brexit was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020. As of 2020,the UK is the only member state to have left the EU. Britain entered the predecessor to the EU,the European Communities (EC),on 1 January 1973. Following this,Eurosceptic groups grew in popularity in the UK,opposing aspects of both the EC and the EU. As Euroscepticism increased during the early 2010s,Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a speech in January 2013 at Bloomberg London,in which he called for reform of the EU and promised an in–out referendum on the UK's membership if the Conservative Party won a majority at the 2015 general election. The Conservatives won 330 seats at the election,giving Cameron a majority of 12,and a bill to hold a referendum was introduced to Parliament that month.
Boris Johnson served as foreign secretary from 2016 until 2018. As a member of Theresa May's government,Johnson was appointed Foreign Secretary on 13 July 2016,shortly after May became prime minister following the resignation of David Cameron. He held the post until he resigned on 9 July 2018 in protest at the Chequers Plan and May's approach to Brexit,and was succeeded by Jeremy Hunt. Notable events of his tenure include the response to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal,the imprisonment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and support for the Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen.
