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Images of Dover's white cliffs, harbour and beach as the Brexit transition period nears. Starting on January 1, ties between the European Union and Britain will be determined by their post-Brexit trade deal that was finalised last week after ten months of fierce negotiations. IMAGES
London, Dec 17 (EFE) .- (Camera: Enrique Rubio and Carlota Isiegas) The Brexit roulette stops spinning on December 31. The process that a political miscalculation set in motion culminates at the end of 2020 amid widespread boredom and without concrete consequences.SOUNDBITES OF FINTAN O'TOOLE, WRITER AND JOURNALIST, JIM TOMLINSON, ECONOMICAL HISTORIAN AT THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.
EU Council president Charles Michel proposes to set up a five billion euro reserve fund for any "unforeseen consequences" of Brexit on bloc member states. SOUNDBITE
Voting continues in Britain's deeply divisive election that poses a historic choice between an imminent split from the European Union and another referendum that could scrap the entire Brexit process. IMAGES
The incoming president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says that Brexit would be the start of a new relationship between the UK and the EU. SOUNDBITE
The first official budget figures since Britain voted to leave the EU show a smaller-than-expected budget surplus. As post-referendum data continues to trickle in, attention is turning to what sort of access Britain will seek with its main trading partners in the EU. Kirsty Basset reports.