Theresa May triggers Brexit Article 50
UK Prime Minister
Theresa May has triggered the formal two-year process of negotiations geared
towards starting the exit of Britain from the European Union (EU).
A letter invoking
Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and officially notifying the EU of Britain's
decision to withdraw from the bloc was hand-delivered to European Council
President Donald Tusk in Brussels by British Ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow.
Britain voted to leave
the EU last June, after a campaign that divided the country as results of the
votes revealed that 52 percent voted for Brexit, while 48 percent wanted to
stay in the EU.
Scotland and Northern
Ireland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU, while England and Wales, with
a much larger combined population, voted to leave.
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