U.K. Submits Formal Request to Exit the EU, Tusk Says

EghtesadOnline: The U.K. submitted a formal request to exit the European Union, invoking Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, EU President Donald Tusk said.

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29 March 2017

Britain’s ambassador to the EU, Tim Barrow, on Wednesday submitted the letter signed by U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, starting the clock on two years of exit negotiations, Bloomberg reported.

“After nine months, the U.K. has delivered,” Tusk said , in a posting on Twitter.

BREAKING: "There's no reason to pretend that this is a happy day," EU's Donald Tusk says https://t.co/SfsZ8UruHD pic.twitter.com/QTadEA9inO
— Bloomberg Brexit (@Brexit) March 29, 2017

The Article 50 letter. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/SO5R5BTvhw
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) March 29, 2017