- 29 Mar 2017 23:17
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"Remember gentlemen, it's not just France we are fighting for, it's Champagne." Winston Churchill
Brexit. Article 50 letter has been sent. Negotiation time!
Title is article 50 letter.
Not the best start for missus May...
Title is article 50 letter.
BBC wrote:
[]...In her letter to Mr Tusk triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, Mrs May said failure to reach a trade deal within the two-year time limit could "weaken" cooperation in the fight against crime and terrorism.
But Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, said he would not accept any attempt to "bargain" between trade and security, adding: "I think the security of our citizens is far too important to start a trade off from one for the other."
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said the UK could end intelligence-sharing with Europol, the EU policing agency, if there was no agreement.
But in an interview with the BBC's Andrew Neil, on BBC One, Mrs May said on security that she "would like to be able to maintain the degree of co-operation on these matters that we have currently".
Downing Street insisted Mrs May's comments were not intended as a threat to EU negotiators, saying it was a "simple fact" the existing arrangements would lapse if Britain left the EU without a deal...[]
Not the best start for missus May...
"Remember gentlemen, it's not just France we are fighting for, it's Champagne." Winston Churchill