British government asks EU to divorce

brussels/london - The British government said Wednesday in Brussels official EU membership. EU Ambassador Sir Tim Barrow produces around 13.30 the farewell letter off by Union Minister Donald Tusk. Almost simultaneously prime minister Theresa May will make a statement to the UK Parliament.

Relying on Article 50 of the EU Treaty London put the divorce in motion. That article states that a Member State is not an EU member exactly two years after the withdrawal request, whether there is an agreement on the separation conditions or not.

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Once the British have launched Wednesday, is the turn of Tusk. He sends the draft guidelines for the negotiations to the capitals. They have until the end of April the time to discuss their needs and requirements. On April 29 put the EU leaders at a special brexittop in Brussels set their stakes. The chief negotiator for the EU, formally the Frenchman Michel Barnier's mandate that he and the British Minister of departure from the EU David Davis, or in, the battle must.