Theresa May says she will trigger Brexit next Wednesday

Theresa May

Theresa May will trigger EU withdrawal talks under Article 50 on March 29, Downing Street has announced. The Prime Minister’s letter officially notifying the European Council of the UK’s intention to quit will set in train a two-year negotiation process expected to lead to Britain leaving the EU on March 29 2019. Britain’s ambassador to the EU, Sir Tim Barrow, informed the office of European Council president Donald Tusk on Monday morning of the Prime Minister’s plans.
The Brexit Bill – officially called the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – was given the green light last week after being signed off by the Queen.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: ‘We want negotiations to start promptly.
They added: ‘We have said we expect this to be a two-year process and we are confident that is what we will achieve.’
The announcement means that Mrs May will meet her self-imposed deadline of the end of March to get the withdrawal process under way.