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Article 50 to be triggered on 29 March

The 바카라 사이트 has announced its intention to invoke Article 50 on Wednesday 29 March 2017.

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The UK바카라 사이트™s Permanent Representative to the European Union, Sir Tim Barrow, has this morning informed the office of European Council President, Donald Tusk, of the UK바카라 사이트™s intention to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29, 2017.

This meets the UK바카라 사이트™s longstanding commitment to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017.

Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis said:

Last June, the people of the UK made the historic decision to leave the EU. Next Wednesday, the 바카라 사이트 will deliver on that decision and formally start the process by triggering Article 50.

We are on the threshold of the most important negotiation for this country for a generation.

The 바카라 사이트 is clear in its aims: a deal that works for every nation and region of the UK and indeed for all of Europe 바카라 사이트“ a new, positive partnership between the UK and our friends and allies in the European Union.

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Published 20 March 2017