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| UK to begin process of exit from EU before end of March 2017 – May | |
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| UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which governs the British exit from the EU, is set to be triggered by the end of March 2017. | |
| When asked when Britain was to actually begin its formal divorce from the European Union, May told the BBC: “We will trigger before the end of March next year.” | |
| PM May is preparing a bill aimed at rolling back 44 years of EU law supremacy. The document would transfer all existing Brussels laws onto the parliament’s statute books. | |
| This will effectively repeal the 1972 European Communities Act, which has until now governed the implementation of EU laws in the UK. On the one hand, the move is considered the only correct way to achieve a ‘full Brexit’ – if that is the ultimate desire. | |
| UK transport minister Chris Grayling has announced that the "Great Repeal Bill" put forth by May will go through parliament May 2017-May 2018, according to Reuters. | |
| Severing ties with Brussels is, however, proving to be not as easy as expected. The process will also necessitate MPs going through the laws manually and deciding which to keep and which ones to scrap – a process that could take decades before British MPs finally have full control of the nation’s affairs. | |
| The serious commitment to breaking away from the EU is May’s first decisive move since settling into No.10 in July, although it was certainly not unexpected: repealing the European Communities Act had been a cornerstone of the Leave campaign during the EU referendum. | |
| Speaking to the Sunday Times, May announced the plan as “the first stage in the UK becoming a sovereign and independent country once again. | |
| “It will return power and authority to the elected institutions of our country. It means that the authority of EU law in Britain will end.” | |
| The plan seeks to reassure government critics that it will include all the positive benefits the British received while under Brussels. This is expected to include things like parental leave and automatic holiday. |