Appendix:Brexit glossary

This appendix is a glossary on terms related to.

Brexit
The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

A

 * Article 50: The provision in the European Union's Lisbon Treaty allowing member countries to leave the EU.
 * Australia option: Trade between the UK and the EU along the rules of the WTO, without any specific trade deal in particular
 * syn: no-deal Brexit, hard Brexit

B

 * backstop: The backup position to ensure that no hard border exists between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, by letting the United Kingdom remain in the EU Customs Union, under the Chequers plan
 * Bremain: The political position against leaving the European Union by the United Kingdom
 * Bremainer: A person holding the Bremain position
 * Bremoaner: A person who complains about the withdrawal of the UK from the EU
 * Brexit: The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
 * Brexiteer: A person holding the Brexit position
 * Brexit Party: A political party dedicated to carrying out Brexit
 * British Independent Group: Synonym of The Independent Group

C

 * Canada option: The post-Brexit porposed relationship based on the Canada-European Union free trade treaty (CETA), with additional terms and clauses to add in financial services and territorial waters concerns.
 * syn: Canada+/Canada++/Canada+++


 * Chequers plan: The agreement between the Theresa May ministry and the European Union, agreed upon in 2018, on how the withdrawal process will proceed, in the interim between exiting the European Union and the establishment of a new trade agreement between the EU and the UK, so that borders and business will proceed smoothly in a Soft Brexit. NOTE: Parliament has repeatedly rejected this plan. This plan only covers the period of time from the exit from the EU until the establishment of a new trade agreement, and is not a post-Brexit trade treaty.

E

 * ERG: Abbreviation of European Research Group
 * Eurosceptic:
 * Euroscepticism:
 * European Research Group:
 * syn: ERG

G

 * Good Friday Agreement: A 1998 peace deal that resolved the armed conflict in Northern Ireland, and opened the border between it (and the UK) and the Republic of Ireland, without a hard border, as a common travel area.
 * Greenland option: The post-Brexit proposed relationship based on the political situation of Greenland's relationship with the European Union; where Northern Ireland is in the EU customs union, while a hard border exists between it and the rest of the United Kingdom, which is outside the European Union.

H

 * hard Brexit: The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement or trade treaty; reverting to World Trade Organization rules on international trade, and United Nations international relations norms.

I

 * The Independent Group: A pro-EU political party established by renegades of the Conservative and Labour parties, who wish to proceed with a plan to withdraw Article 50 and remain within the EU, obviating the first Brexit referendum.
 * syn: TIG


 * internal market bill: A bill proposed to control the internal market of the UK, breaching clauses of prior treaties ratified by the UK, the Northern Ireland Protocol to preserve the Good Friday Agreement, that was meant to be a base level agreement in case of a no-deal Brexit
 * Irish backstop: A defunct proposed base level agreement in case of a hard Brexit, to preserve the Good Friday Agreement, which failed to be ratified by the UK parliament, but was signed by leaders of the EU and UK. The Irish backstop was replaced by the ratified Northern Ireland Protocol.

L

 * Lexit: A left-wing case for Brexit.
 * Lexiteer: A supporter of Lexit.

N

 * Norway option:
 * Northern Ireland Protocol: An agreement to preserve the Good Friday Agreement, between Ireland, the UK, and the EU, in case of a hard Brexit. The protocol was ratified by the parties involved, it replaced the failed Irish backstop agreement, that did not achieve ratification in the UK.

R

 * Regrexit: Regret from having Brexit occurring; regret from voting for Brexit.

S

 * Switzerland option:

T

 * TIG: Abbreviation of The Independent Group

U

 * UKIP: