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The UK finally left the EU at the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31, 2020, following almost 50 years of membership. The bloc now has to fill the void left by the then second-largest economy in the EU. Former adviser to the European Commission and European Council, Professor Loukas Tsoukalis, says the departure of the UK has made the EU “more governable”.