At 2300 GMT Friday, Britain will cease to be a member of the EU
A woman takes a picture of a Union Jack flag during an event to celebrate the friendship between Belgium and Britain, at the Grand Place in Brussels, January 30 2020. Picture: KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
The 27 EU member states that Britain will leave behind at midnight in Brussels on Friday approved the withdrawal agreement reached in October 2019, after more than three years of tortuous negotiations.
Tourists scurried across the square as music blared before a light show that would project the colours of the Union Jack on buildings. There was a London black cab on display and a traditional British red telephone booth that had to be covered with plastic sheeting because the rain was leaking in. A Union Jack in the building of the European Council will be lowered at 7pm on Friday, and put away with the flags of non-EU countries."They have to keep them in case Boris Johnson ever wants to come here," said an EU official, who declined to be named.
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