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British High Court Rules Parliament Must Vote To Leave EU To Complete Brexit Process

3-11-2016 < Red Ice Creations 85 150 words
 

British High Court Rules Parliament Must Vote To Leave EU To Complete Brexit Process Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court has ruled. This means the government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU - on its own. Theresa May says the referendum - and existing ministerial powers - mean MPs do not need to vote, but campaigners called this unconstitutional. The government is appealing, with a further hearing expected next month. The prime minister's spokeswoman said she would be calling President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker to say she intended to stick to her March 2017 deadline for triggering Article 50. Amid suggestions that she might try to call an early general election, she added that Mrs May believed "there shouldn't be an election until 2020 and…
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