The announcement by British Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty before the end of March 2017 went down particularly well with the Europeans.
The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, took to Twitter to hail it as a statement that provides welcome clarity over the start of talks on Brexit, the process by which the UK will leave the EU.
In an ironic twist of history, this could coincide with a meeting of the EU27 in Rome to celebrate the 60th anniversary...