UK to not invoke EU Article in 2016 |
Britain will not begin its formal divorce from the European Union by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty in 2016, a government lawyer told the high court.Prime Minister Theresa May has said article 50, which starts a two-year countdown to exit, should not be triggered this year. Coppell was speaking at the start of the first of a series of lawsuits brought by individuals to demand that the British government win legislative approval from parliament before triggering Article 50.
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