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Added on the 09/02/2018 12:19:49 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of the Palace of Westminster in London as Britain ends an 11-month transition period and has definitively left the European Union. IMAGES
Lorries disembark a train at the Eurotunnel in Folkestone as Brexit nears completion. The UK's tortuous departure from the European Union takes full effect when Big Ben strikes 11:00 pm (2300 GMT) in central London, just as most of the European mainland ushers in 2021 at midnight. IMAGES
Calais (France), Dec 3 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson).- French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin attended a presentation on preparations ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31, 2020, in the port of Calais, France. FOOTAGE OF THE CALAIS FERRY PORT ON THURSDAY.
Images show the port of Dover on the first day after the Brexit transition period ends and the UK officially leaves the EU single market. Scores of heavy goods vehicles have passed through the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France "without any problem", its operator has said, dispelling fears of immediate snarl-ups as Brexit took effect. Almost 200 lorries crossed into France and left the country for the UK after Britain formally left the EU customs union and single market at midnight in the final act of its exit from the European Union. IMAGES
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
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).