The stories we’re following in the Grasswire Newsroom, Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- Sir Tim Barrow, UK ambassador to the EU, has delivered Prime Minister Theresa May’s letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, formally invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and beginning the Brexit negotiation process.
The Article 50 letter. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/SO5R5BTvhw
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) March 29, 2017
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As it happened
https://twitter.com/Grasswire/status/847058383165284352
European Council statement following UK #Brexit notification letter: https://t.co/I98Kj3W8xB #EU27
— Charles Michel (@eucopresident) March 29, 2017
BREAKING: "There's no reason to pretend that this is a happy day," EU's Donald Tusk says https://t.co/Rd6MaNwqxB pic.twitter.com/6Xig2er0Yz
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) March 29, 2017
The Prime Minister has triggered Article 50 and started the process of leaving the EU. Read the letter: https://t.co/4CfCle4BP1 pic.twitter.com/Gf4DIudIMH
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) March 29, 2017
#BREAKING May says there can be 'no turning back' from Brexit
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 29, 2017