BREAKING: BREXIT Officially Begins. EU Receives Article 50 Notice From The UK

Can someone wake me up when we've finally left?

PM says "this is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back" and "leaving the EU presents us with a unique opportunity
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Brexit begins: UK triggers Article 50 to begin EU divorce
3/29/17

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German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer says two-year Brexit negotiating period is "damn narrow"
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UK Independence Day!!!

BREAKING: EU Council President Donald Tusk says there is `no reason to pretend this is a happy day'
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Thank fuck, finally...

This is the letter from the UK to the EU that triggers Article 50
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Good luck standing before the end of Brexit terms.

EU will not make it in 2 years.

Mark it.

ARTICLE 50: THE DAWN OF A NEW DEMOCRATIC ERA

Today is one of the greatest days in the history of British democracy. When Theresa May seals the Article 50 letter and sends it to Brussels, she’ll do so under the democratic order of 17.4million Britons, the largest number of people to have voted for anything in the history of this country. When we cast our votes in the EU referendum last June, it was the first time in decades that our vote felt like it truly meant something. We felt the weight of a real democratic choice as we stood in the voting booth. It’s become a cliché – but it’s true. And today is the day that that democratic clout will finally be made real.

It’s more striking for the fact that Brexit is being carried through against the apparently better instincts of our political class. The prime minister, the chancellor, the leadership of all parliamentary parties, the vast majority of the Commons and the Lords, backed Remain, steeled by the doom-mongering claims of academia and big business. And the horror that we, the ‘low-information’ electorate, dared to defy them sparked the unshackled demosphobia we’ve had to endure over the past nine months. That the Commons and the Lords eventually rolled over in the face of the Article 50 bill reveals that for the first time in a long time our leaders fear us; they feel our breath on their backs. In a democracy, that’s how it should be...

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Congrats to the Brits...first step in getting back their country

Best deal ever!!! No more whiny Brits and they have to give Brussels 60Billion to leave!!!!

Today is a great day for the European Union!!!



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You don't get it - just because the stupid fucking EU says we have to give them billions doesn't mean we will - those days are over. And without all the billions you've been scamming from us in the past - mate, you're toast!

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I don't understand the 'two years', nor do I trust it.

I'm sure there is probably something hidden there that 'in a case of emergency or war to the homeland', that it can be rescinded.

I don't trust any of them.

It wouldn't take 'two years' to pull out. Yes there would be a lot of things that need to be done, but they could have already been done since the vote, or taken care of in a months timing.

I call bs on this '2 years'!!

I would like to know in the fine print FROM the EU, OR the UK, if there is an escape from the divorce clause, should it be deemed necessary.

I bet there is, and I bet a serious attack somewhere, like the US, it could be used.

Anyone who knows anything about what I'm asking about, I would appreciate you sharing it. Ty

It's the highly complex trade deals that will take the time. Britain was not allowed to engage in any trade negotiations with other countries before article 50 was triggered today.

Well if the UK and the European Union don't have a deal in 2 years then article 50 will no longer be valid. If you want to leave you pay. If you don't then you stay.

And you have to give me £10 million.

What's that you say, you don't jut because I say you do.

Same thing.

Bye.

Actually no. If in two years no deal is reached everything is just severed.

No paying, we're off.

Have you actually read Article 50?

It says we are automatically no longer members after 2 years if there is no deal.

Article 50(3)
3. The Treaties shall cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, two years after the notification referred to in paragraph 2, unless the European Council, in agreement with the Member State concerned, unanimously decides to extend this period.

Last Edited by FIS on 03/29/2017 08:45 AM

Explained here - over and over!

Thread: Can Britain enter EU again before 2019 ?

BAHAHHAAHAHAHAH, enjoy it while it lasts

if we dont have a deal in 2yrs we revert to to WTO. and you dont get a penny. what you gonna do invade with your inferior EU army