EU court rules Britain can revoke Brexit unilaterallyBy The Manila TimesLUXEMBOURG: Europe’s top court ruled on Monday that Britain could halt Brexit without the approval of fellow EU member states, in a victory for pro-Europeans on the eve of a key House of Commons vote. “The United Kingdom is free to revoke unilaterally the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU,” the European Court of Justice said, in response to a suit from a group of Scottish politicians. Following a 2016 referendum, Britain declared its intention to quit the European Union on March 29 last year, triggering the “Article 50” EU treaty procedure that would see it definitively leave two years later, on the same date next year. The court’s ruling will be welcomed by campaigners for a second referendum, but May’s government insists it has no intention of reversing course, whatever the court in Luxembourg might say. “This case is all very well but it doesn’t alter either the result of the referendum or the clear intention of the government to leave.

Source: Manila Times December 10, 2018 08:48 UTC