The road to Brexit - a timeline of events as May prepares to trigger Article 50

Record ID: 645167

  • Title: The road to Brexit - a timeline of events as May prepares to trigger Article 50
  • Date: 24th March 2017
  • Summary: UKIP LOGO ON BUS (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKIP LEADER, NIGEL FARAGE, SAYING: "We want our borders back, we want our passports back, we want our country back." PHOTOGRAPHERS FARAGE HOLDING PLACARD READING "WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK VOTE TO LEAVE" PETERBOROUGH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MAY 2016) (REUTERS) CROWD WALKING ON STREET PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF LITHUANIAN RESTAURANT "LITHUANIAN RESTAURANT" SIGN PEOPLE COMING OUT OF LITHUANIAN RESTAURANT "JULIA POLISH SHOP" POLISH WORDS WRITTEN IN WINDOW OF POLISH GROCERY SHOP INTERNATIONAL FOOD CENTRE WITH WORDS "ENGLISH, POLISH, LITHUANIAN, BULGARIAN, TURKISH FOODS" ON SIGN VARIOUS OF "WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK" AND "VOTE LEAVE" PLACARDS IN PEOPLE'S FRONT GARDENS NEAR PETERBOROUGH VARIOUS OF VOTE LEAVE CAMPAIGNERS MAKING PLACARDS VARIOUS OF VOTE LEAVE CAMPAIGNER PLACING PLACARD IN HIS DRIVEWAY CLOSE OF VOTE LEAVE PLACARD UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION (FILE - MAY 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EU REFERENDUM BALLOT PAPERS LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JUNE 23, 2016) (REUTERS) INTERIOR OF POLLING STATION POLLING STATION SIGN AND BALLOT BOX POLLING BOOTH
  • Embargoed: 7th April 2017 17:56
  • Keywords: Brexit Article 50 European Union EU Britain UK Theresa May
  • Location: LONDON AND PETERBOROUGH AND MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / PARIS, FRANCE / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
  • City: LONDON AND PETERBOROUGH AND MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / PARIS, FRANCE / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: European Union,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00569CO4EF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: On Wednesday (March 29) British Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Article 50, which will formally kickstart the process of Britain leaving the European Union.
    It comes nine months after 2016's June 23 referendum in which Britons voted to leave 52 percent to 48 percent.
    The result divided the country, with remain voters feeling their wishes and concerns are being ignored.
    The Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that parliament must approve May triggering Article 50. This angered the Leave camp, which believed pro-Europe campaigners were trying to subvert the result of the referendum.
    Last weekend, leaders of the remaining 27 states met without departing Britain for a summit that they hope could relaunch the Union in the city where it was founded 60 years earlier. The Treaty of Rome, creating the European Economic Community (EEC) of France, Germany, Italy and the Benelux, was signed on March 25, 1957.
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