Theresa May publishes article 50 legislation in preparation for MPs' vote
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Channel: africanews · 2017 · News & Politics
*Theresa May's government has presented to parliament draft legislation to enable Britain to begin its divorce from the EU.* She hopes the bill, to be initially debated next week, will clear the lower and upper houses by the end of March. That is her self-imposed deadline to invoke Article 50 - the exit clause of the bloc's Lisbon Treaty. A Supreme Court ruling forced May to seek parliament's approval. "The government cannot trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty without an Act of Parl… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2017/01/27/theresa-may-publishes-article-50-legislation-in-preparation-for-mps-vote Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
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