EU parliament group leader wants Britain to give formal Brexit notice on Tuesday
Source: Reuters
June 24, 2016
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain should hand in its formal notice to leave the European Union at an EU summit on Tuesday, the leader of the biggest group in the European Parliament Manfred Weber said on Friday, calling for leave negotiations to start immediately.
Under EU law, a country that wants to leave the bloc has two years for negotiations on the terms of the divorce, but only starting from the moment it formally notifies the EU of its intention to exit.
Some British officials who campaigned to leave the EU have suggested that London could delay such notification, to make time for informal talks on the best possible exit deal.
"We have the will of the British people on the table and it is now the question to implement it. And the most important thing is that we do this very quickly. This is our main message," Weber told reporters.
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