UK sets out timetable to leave EU by 2019

October 02, 2016 18:06

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that the U.K. would begin the formal process of leaving the European Union by the end of March 2017.

That means Brexit could happen in 2019.

Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, May said: "The people have spoken; we will deliver on that."

Britain would trigger Article 50 of the EU treaty in the first quarter of next year, she said. That act will start the clock on two years of exit negotiations with the other 27 members of the group.

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