This is called irony of fate.
The pro-Brexit movement Leave.EU, whose role was decisive in the referendum on the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, said Thursday it had moved the headquarters of its website to Ireland in order to keep its address in .eu.
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Leave.EU was founded in 2015 by businessman Arron Banks to defend Brexit, which became fully effective on January 1.
The movement was not chosen by the British Election Commission to lead the official campaign of the pro-Brexit camp before the 2016 referendum but, very present on social networks, it was decisive in the vote of 52% of Britons in favor of withdrawal.
In an email to AFP, Leave.EU official Andrew Wigmore confirmed reports from the Irish press that the headquarters of its website had been moved to Waterford, a town on the south-east coast of Ireland, within the EU.
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Since January 1, relations between the EU and the United Kingdom, which is no longer a member of the European single market and customs union, have been governed by a free trade agreement.
EURid, an independent body tasked by the EU with managing .eu domain names, has warned UK site managers that they can only keep this European address if they establish a legal entity in a member country.