Britain's EU envoy Ivan Rogers resigns - FT

Record ID: 163005

  • Title: Britain's EU envoy Ivan Rogers resigns - FT
  • Date: 3rd January 2017
  • Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (FILE - 2016) (REUTERS) ROW OF EU FLAGS AND ONE UNION JACK FLAG AT END OUTSIDE THE EU COMMISSION BUILDING EU FLAG / UNION JACK FLAG EU STARS UNION JACK FLAG BEING HOISTED DOWN
  • Embargoed: 18th January 2017 13:48
  • Keywords: Ivan Rogers Brexit British ambassador to the EU resigns
  • Location: UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION/ BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • City: UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION/ BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: European Union,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0025XJ14JR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Britain's ambassador to the European Union has abruptly resigned just a few months before Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to start formal Brexit negotiations, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday (January 3).
    Ivan Rogers told staff on Tuesday afternoon that he would be step down from his post early, the FT said. He did not explain the reasons for the move, according to people who have seen his note to diplomatic staff, the FT said.
    May has said she will trigger formal Brexit talks with the rest of the EU by the end of March.
    Rogers, appointed by former Prime Minister David Cameron as Britain's envoy to Brussels in November 2013, is one of Britain's most experienced diplomats on EU affairs.
    Downing Street and Britain's Foreign Office did not immediately comment on the FT report.
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