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The petition directly asks the government to revoke article 50 and therefore keep the United Kingdom in the European Union. It reads: "The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is the will of the people. We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now for remaining in the EU.
However, in July 2016 the German jurist Di Fabio argued, on the basis of international law, that a triggering of Article 50 can be revoked: "in EU law, the declaration of intention to leave is not itself a notification of withdrawal; rather, at any time and at least until the Treaty becomes inapplicable, it can be retracted or declared to have ...
The process to do so began when the UK Government triggered Article 50 to begin the UK's withdrawal from the EU on 29 March 2017 following a June 2016 referendum, and the withdrawal was scheduled in law to occur on 29 March 2019. [2] Subsequently, the UK sought, and was granted, a number of Article 50 extensions until 31 January 2020.
Northern Ireland and Scotland don't seem to have heard the rallying cry, despite being more Remain than England.
The Act's long title is To Confer power on the Prime Minister to notify, under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the United Kingdom's intention to withdraw from the EU. The Act confers on the Prime Minister the power to give the notice required under the Treaty when a member state decides to withdraw. [ 4 ]
To allow any Minister rather than just the Prime Minister to move the motion extending Article 50: Agreed [34] 4: 5: To remove the requirement for a motion to be put to the Commons in the event that the European Council makes a proposal: Agreed [34] 5: 7: Any extension to Article 50 cannot end before 22 May 2019, unless any withdrawal agreement ...
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Lawyers representing the government in a legal challenge over the Article 50 process said that May would not trigger Article 50 before 2017. [133] However, in September 2016, The Washington Post highlighted the lack of coherent strategy following what it described as the "hurricane-strength political wreckage" left by the Brexit vote. It said ...