Britain's May says to trigger EU divorce by end of March

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain, September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo


BIRMINGHAM, England Britain will trigger the formal divorce process from the European Union by the end of March 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday.

When asked when she would invoke Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, May told the BBC: "We will trigger before the end of March next year."

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper, writing by William James; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)




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