EU leaders sign Brexit deal as UK MPs debate ratification

EU leaders signed their post-Brexit trade deal with Britain and dispatched it to London on an RAF jet Wednesday, setting their seal on a drawn-out divorce just hours before the UK brings its half-century European experiment to an end.

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A Union flag flutters in the breeze in front of the clock face of the Elizabeth Tower, known after the bell Big Ben, in central London on December 30, 2020. - Members of the British parliament were set to debate and vote on legislation on the UK's future relationship with the EU as EU leaders signed their post-Brexit trade deal with Britain and dispatched it to London on an RAF jet, setting their seal on a drawn-out divorce. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

2020-12-30 16:46:55

EU leaders signed their post-Brexit trade deal with Britain and dispatched it to London on an RAF jet Wednesday, setting their seal on a drawn-out divorce just hours before the UK brings its half-century European experiment to an end.

EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, the heads of the European Commission and European Council, smiled at a brief televised ceremony to put their names to the 1,246-page Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

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