Original sentence: , with all other arrangements remaining in place during a transition period while a free trade agreement is negotiated.Completion occurred on 31 January 2020 (London time).Each member state is party to the founding treaties of the union and thereby shares in the privileges and obligations of membership.Member states must agree unanimously for the EU to adopt some policies; for others, collective decision making is by qualified majority voting.Subsidiarity, meaning that decisions are taking collectively if and only if they cannot realistically be taken individually, is a founding principle of the EU.The UK government invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union on 29 March 2017 to formally initiate the Brexit process.Unlike members of most international organisations, the member states of the EU have agreed by treaty to shared sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in some (but by no means all) aspects of government
Edited sentence: Completion occurred on the 31 January 2020 at 11:00 p.Each member state is party to the founding treaties of the union and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership.GMT, with all other arrangements remaining in place during a transition period while a free trade agreement is negotiated.In June 2016, the United Kingdom held a referendum on membership of the EU, resulting in 51.89% of votes cast being in favour of leaving.In October 2019, the UK government and the European Commission negotiated a withdrawal agreement which, , has been ratified by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and by the European Parliament.In practice, certain states are considerably more influential than others.Member states must agree unanimously for the EU to adopt policies concerning defence and foreign policy.On 1 July 2013, Croatia became the newest member state of the EU.Subsidiarity is a founding principle of the EU.The UK government invoked Article 50 on 29 March 2017 to formally initiate the Brexit process.The UK side has set a deadline of 31 December 2020 to complete the FTA, which the EU side suggests is unrealistic.There is disparity in the size, wealth, and political system of member states, but all have de jure equal rights.Unlike members of most international organisations, the member states of the EU are subjected to common regulations because of their representation within the common legislative and judicial institutions.While in some areas majority voting takes place where larger states have more votes than smaller ones, smaller states have disproportional representation compared to their population