Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday that Britain would trigger the formal process for leaving the European Union before April, putting to rest weeks of speculation on the timing of the move. May confirmed her plans in an interview with the BBC ahead of a speech at her Conservative Party’s annual conference in Birmingham. “I will be saying in my speech today that we will trigger before the end of March next year,” she said. While the prime minister previously had hinted she planned to initiate Britain’s EU exit early next year, many observers had speculated she would wait until France’s presidential election ends in May. Doing so will launch two years of talks to work out the details of Britain’s future relationship with the single market.

Source: thestar October 02, 2016 13:18 UTC