Brexit and Protocol Timeline
This timeline provides an overview of key Brexit events, particularly as they concern Northern Ireland's position in the process.
It starts with the build-up to the EU referendum in 2016 and charts developments through the negotiation of the UK's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020, the subsequent 11-month transition period and, from 1 January 2021, the full entry into force of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. As such, it complements the Key Texts section of the website by providing links to a range of relevant legal texts, policy papers, official statements and political speeches.
This page will be regularly updated to include latest developments in the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Protocol, and the UK's post-Brexit relationship with the EU.
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Brexit and Protocol Timeline V
2025+
- Brexit and Protocol Timeline IV
2023-2024
- Brexit and Protocol Timeline III : UK-EU Talks | Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
2022-2023 : NI Executive Collapses - UK-EU Talks Resume - UK Northern Ireland Protocol Bill -
- Brexit and Protocol Timeline II : UK Leaves EU | Protocol Entry Into Force | EU-UK Talks
2020-2021 : NI Executive Restored - UK Leaves EU - Transition Period - Protocol Entry Into Force - Protests in Northern Ireland - EU-UK Talks - Agreement on Medicines Supply to NI
- Brexit and Protocol Timeline I : UK's EU Referendum | Withdrawal Negotiations | UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement
2015-2019 : Bloomberg Speech - UK's EU Referendum - NI Executive Collapses - Withdrawal Negotiations - Backstop Protocol - UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement - UK 2019 General Election