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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.
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
British Prime Minister Theresa May says there is "one last chance" to end the deadlock on Brexit, as she outlines a series of incentives for MPs to support her Brexit deal. SOUNDBITE
Michel Barnier says the Brexit transition period, during which the EU's rules will still apply to Britain as it quits, should last until the end of 2020. SOUNDBITE