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Leaving the EU without an agreement: the real facts

Synopsis of Consequences of leaving the EU without an agreement:  From Senior European Experts 1. Leaving the EU without an agreement also means leaving the European Economic Area, governed by Single Market rules, including Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway as well as the EU.  The UK would cease to have a preferential relationship with Switzerland and would lose the benefits of all the EU’s agreements with third countries. RIGHTS 2. UK citizens would no longer have the absolute right to travel in the EU/EEA and Switzerland unless special arrangements are made. They could be stopped, detained or deported if they had have no valid EU Member State visa. 3. UK citizens in an EU Member State would lose their right to live, work, study or retire in the EU.   They would automatically become third country citizens under EU law and have less access to local healthcare or employment. EU nationals working in UK would also have lost free movement rights.  The UK-I...