“When the U.K. notifies, it is our goal to react with the draft negotiation guidelines for the 27 Member States to consider. For this I think we need more or less 48 hours,” – said EU Council president Donald Tusk ahead of the procedure launch. “Negotiating the political and technical hurdles of Brexit will be our…
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The Article 50 procedure
The UK government will announce today it is invoking article 50 of the Treaty of the EU, which serves as formal notification of its intent to withdraw from the Union. Starting today the UK and the EU have two years to negotiate a withdrawal agreement. In addition the two will need to start determining the…
#Brexit Day: Sir Tim Barrow conveys The Letter
The Letter evoking Article 50 is handed personally by the UK ambassador Sir Tim Barrow (picutred) to the president of the European Council Donald Tusk. The moment the letter is delivered the two years period negotiations count-down begins. With or without a deal the UK will cancel its membership in the European projet after more…
UK breaks away from EU
Prime Minister Theresa May will file formal Brexit request on Wednesday, 29 of March 2017, fulfilling the wish people enshrined in the referendum on the UK membership in the European Union. Nine months after Britons voted to leave, May will notify EU Council President Donald Tusk in a letter that the UK really is quitting…
On 29 March the UK starts Brexit talks
Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Article 50 proceedings with the European Union on March 29, launching two years of negotiations that will reshape the future of the country and Europe. May’s government said her permanent envoy to the EU Tim Barrow had informed European Council President Donald Tusk of the date when Britain intends…
Queen grants Brexit launch power to May
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on Thursday formally granted Prime Minister Theresa May the power to trigger exit talks with the European Union, approving legislation which passed through parliament late on Monday. The announcement, made in parliament by speaker John Bercow, confirms that May can begin divorce talks at any time, although her spokesman hinted on Monday…
End March – invocation of Article 50
According to the UK media reports, the end of March (27-30) – last four days of the parliament, Prime Minister Therea May will make an announcement. A spokesman has stressed she planned to send the trigger letter at “the end” of the month. The European Council President Donald Tusk promised to react within 48 hours after…
Queen Elizabeth to sign for Brexit
The symbolic approval from Queen Elizabeth is expected today, after both houses backed the so-called Brexit bill after the prime minister May has secured the right to begin the process of the UK departure from the European Union, triggering Article 50 in Brussels. “We are now on the threshold of the most important negotiation for…
Brexit launch expected on 14th of March
Reportedly the triggering of the Article 50 is foreseen for Tuesday, the 14th of March, when the Prime Minister Theresa May will declare the historic process of the departure from the European Union during her speech in the UK Parliament. The date was carefully chosen well ahead of the Informal Summit in Rome, when the leaders…
Brexit goes without reverse
The British government has no intention of revoking its withdrawal from the European Union once the formal exit process has been triggered, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said on Monday. Prime Minister May declared her intention to trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty by the end of March, launching two years talks for…
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