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British PM May says to trigger Article 50 EU exit process by end of March 2017

British PM May says to trigger Article 50 EU exit process by end of March 2017

By REUTERS

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives ahead of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 1, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville

BIRMINGHAM: Britain will trigger the formal divorce process from the European Union by the end of March 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday. When asked when she would invoke Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, May told the BBC: 'We will trigger before the end of March next year.'