The free trade agreement, without quotas or customs duties, concluded on 24 December with Brussels, avoids an abrupt break in relations between the two sides of the Channel, potentially devastating from an economic point of view. But the free movement of goods and people ceased. A passport is now required to travel to the United Kingdom, and a visa is required for stays of more than three months. And London exits the Erasmus programme
Britain is officially out of the European single market. At midnight, four and a half years after the Brexit referendum, the transition period ended and trade relations between Britain and the European Union will now be governed by the agreement signed by European leaders and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Christmas Eve. “We have freedom in our hands,” Johnson said in his end-of-year speech. But Scotland’s independence premier Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: “Scotland will be back soon, Europe.Keep the light on.” The Brexit has strengthened support for separation from the UK, following the 2016 independence referendum when those against independence prevailed.
The free trade agreement, without quotas or customs duties, concluded in extremis with Brussels, avoids an abrupt break in relations between the two sides of the Channel, potentially devastating from an economic point of view. But the free movement of goods and people has ceased. From Erasmus to roaming, here is what will change for the hundreds of thousands of Italians and Europeans who look to the United Kingdom as a tourist, work or study destination