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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 5, 2010, file photo, a riot police officer is engulfed in flames from a fire bomb thrown by protesters in central Athens, during a protest against harsh new spending cuts aimed at saving their country from bankruptcy. The debt crisis in Europe and particularly in Greece raised serious questions in Britain about developments in the European Union even though Britain did not use the euro currency, contributing to the Brexit vote in June 2016. Britain is scheduled to leave the EU on Jan. 31, 2020 after 47 years of membership. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Britain’s EU Journey: When the EU faced its biggest crisis

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Britain’s EU Journey: When Blair’s EU aspirations faded away

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

People holding a Poland and European Union flags take part in a protest outside Poland's parliament building as lawmakers voted to approve the much-criticized legislation that allows politicians to fire judges who criticize their decisions, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Poland's lawmakers gave their final approval Thursday to legislation that will allow politicians to fire judges who criticize their decisions, a change that European legal experts warn will undermine judicial independence. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Legal chaos in Poland deepens, posing major challenge for EU

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, center, looks at European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni, front left, and European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos, front right, as he arrives to an European Finance Ministers meeting at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Germany says UK will face costs from Brexit

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FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 22, 1990, file photo, Britain's then Treasury chief John Major outside Parliament after he announced he would stand to replace Margaret Thatcher as prime minister. He won and sought to mend fences with the then European Community while still negotiating an opt-out to keep Britain out of the euro single currency. On Jan. 31, 2020, Britain is scheduled to leave what became known as the European Union after 47 years of membership. (AP Photo/Robin Nowacki, File)

Britain’s EU Journey: When Major got an opt-out from euro

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray reacts to the photographer after a protest outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Boris Johnson Brexit win brings brawling to an end after four years

By Benjamin Plackett - Special to The Washington Times

Wilbur Louis Ross, US Secretary of Commerce, addresses a press conference during the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP)

High hopes: US, EU and UK all aim for trade deals this year

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Europe will respond to any additional tariffs by the U.S. in ‘the same vein,’ German ambassador says

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 13, 1975 file photo, Edward Heath, former leader of the Conservative Party, center, with Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the Liberal Party, left, and Roy Jenkins, the Labour Party's Home Secretary at the first Britain in Europe press conference at the Waldorf Hotel in London. The referendum on Britain's membership of what was then called the European Economic Community saw a convincing majority in favor of remaining in the bloc. Following a different outcome in the referendum of June 2016, Britain is to leave what became the European Union on Jan. 31 after 47 years of membership. (AP Photo/File)

Britain’s EU Journey: When it signed up, 16 years late

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

A member holds a document inside the House of Lords as the European Withdrawal Agreement Bill is debated in London, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Britain's House of Lords is considering the European Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which is due to pass through its final stages before returning to the House of Commons. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)

Britain’s Brexit bill passes final hurdle in Parliament

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, right, shakes hands with the leader of Venezuela's political opposition Juan Guaido prior to a meeting at EU headquarters on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (Aris Oikonomou, Pool Photo via AP)

Guaidó seeks EU sanctions for Venezuela, meeting with Trump

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, left, and European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan attend a media conference after their meeting in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. The talks are focused on U.S. tariffs on French wine and other goods. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

US-French tax truce a respite in tense relations with EU

By PAN PYLAS and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 1944 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, and General Charles De Gaulle, centre, salute at France's Unknown Warrior at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. Though allies in World War II, De Gaulle twice vetoed Britain's application in the 1960s to join what was then known as the European Economic Community. Britain eventually joined in 1973 after De Gaulle's successor, Georges Pompidou, lifted France's veto. On Jan. 31, 2020, Britain is scheduled to leave what became known as the European Union. (AP Photo, File)

Britain’s EU Journey: When De Gaulle said ‘non’ twice

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell talks to journalists during a news conference after an European Foreign Affairs meeting at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU to revamp anti-smuggler mission for UN Libya arms embargo

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Illustration on the dangerous potential of the EU by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

In the EU, can ‘demoicracy’ ever substitute for democracy?

By Andrew Davies

In this handout photo provided by the House of Commons, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during the first Prime Minister's Questions of the year, in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. The president of the European Commission warned Britain on Wednesday that it won’t get the “highest quality access” to the European Union's market after Brexit unless it makes major concessions. (Jessica Taylor/House of Commons via AP)

Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill hits last-minute hiccup

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Children eat food distributed during a visit organized by The World Food Program (WFP) at Koge school, in the conflict-affected remote town of Kauda, Nuba Mountains, Sudan, Jan. 9, 2020. Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, accompanied by United Nations officials, embarked on a peace mission Thursday to Kauda, a rebel stronghold, in a major step toward government efforts to end the country’s long-running civil conflicts. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

EU sets up $998 million budget for humanitarian aid

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A TV tower is surrounded by fog in Sarajevo, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. The local government in Sarajevo issued a warning to residents to avoid spending time outdoors as extremely high pollution levels are being recorded in the air of Bosnian capital in last two days. (AP Photo/Eldar Emric)

Bosnian protesters hold anti-pollution protest in Sarajevo

By ELDAR EMRIC - Associated Press

Migrants from Bangladesh push a trolley with collected plastic items as they pass in front the Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

EU border chief says migrant entries from Turkey on the rise

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 17, 2018 file photo, scaffolding surrounds the Queen Elizabeth Tower, which holds the bell known as Big Ben, in London. The bell of Britain’s Parliament has been largely silent since 2017 while its iconic clock tower undergoes four years of repairs. Brexit-backing lawmakers are campaigning for it to strike at the moment Britain leaves the European Union -- 11 p.m. (2300GMT) on Jan. 31. Parliamentary officials say it is not worth the cost, which could come to 500,000 pounds ($650,000). The House of Commons Commission said Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 that because the clock mechanism has been dismantled and the belfry is currently getting a new floor, arranging for the bell to ring “could result in huge costs to the public purse.” (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file) **FILE**

UK announces plan to mark the Brexit moment on Jan. 31

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