Lisbon Treaty

Theresa May: Brexit process will start by March 2017

Britain will trigger the formal process for leaving the European Union before the end of March, Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday, during the Conservative Party conference.
Announcing the historic change, May said: “We will introduce, in the next Queen’s speech, a Great Repeal Bill that will remove the European Communities Act from the statute book. That was the act that took us into the European Union". Then, speaking to the BBC, May stresses that the negotations required at least 2 years.

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Brexit deal has to be closed before 2019 elections

Brexit deal has not yet begun, but it already appears uphill, after the European Commission has appointed as negotiator few days ago, the former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, the current leader of the liberals at the European Parliament.

In a tweet he said: "Brexit should be delivered before 2019, when EU politics enters into new cycle & the @Europarl_EN starts new mandate" and pointing out that if the UK wants to continue to have access to the common market, must also accept the freedom of movement of citizens, considering "inseparable" the four freedoms of movement of goods, services, capital and people.

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