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The UK Government has officially notified the EU that they are invoking Article 50. This begins the 2-year timer for the UK to leave the EU.
In a statement in the Commons, [Prime Minister Teresa] May said: "Today the government acts on the democratic will of the British people and it acts too on the clear and convincing position of this House."
She added: "The Article 50 process is now under way and in accordance with the wishes of the British people the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.
"This is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back."
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Brexit Officially Begun, Article 50 Just Invoked
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(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Thursday March 30 2017, @11:30AM (2 children)
> The EU needs to become an institution that people want to be a member of, not one that they consider to be a necessary evil.
This is the point. I don't really care for the other stuff, but strengthening the democratic mandate of the EU is really what I would focus on if I had any influence. If I were an MEP, I would *just do it* (rather than waiting for Britain, or France, or anyone else to approve). Major political change doesn't have to go by the book, and is often stronger for circumventing existing political infrastructure (e.g. 1688 and all that...)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @02:59PM
Well, the MEPs cannot just do it. They only can vote on laws given to them by the European Commission.
(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Friday March 31 2017, @09:31AM
If I were an MEP, I would *just do it* (rather than waiting for Britain, or France, or anyone else to approve)
If MEPs were in a position to 'just do it' then they wouldn't need to 'just do it' because they'd already have the power that you want them to have. The only powers that MEPs have over nation states are those granted by the various EU treaties. If you want to move power from the Council / Commission to the Parliament then you need to either re-draft those treaties and get all member states to sign them, or you need the organisation that was granted those powers by the treaties to cede them. The French and British representatives on the Council of Ministers vetoed the proposals to do this.
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