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Originally Posted by papa smurf
REVEALED: Britain CAN quit EU without a Brexit withdrawal agreement and save £150 BILLION
A top legal expert has told Express.co.uk that under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, Britain has the legal right to leave the EU without a withdrawal agreement should they not agree to exit terms.
And Prime Minister Theresa May can easily thwart any attempts by EU leaders, including Polish politician Donald Tusk and Luxembourg's former Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker, to hold the British tax payer to ransom by simply saying “No!”.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/765...ause-WTO-rules |
That's always been an option. We don't like the agreement then just leave.
Nothing they can do about it but it would harm getting a trade deal with them so not necessarily the preferred option.
Subsection 3 of article 50 actually states.
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3. The Treaties shall cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, two years after the notification referred to in paragraph 2, unless the European Council, in agreement with the Member State concerned, unanimously decides to extend this period.
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