EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / United kingdom

European Parliament learns lessons from activation of Article 50 of EU Treaty leading to Brexit

Brussels, 17/02/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament has drawn lessons from the process initiated by London’s activation (see EUROPE B11757A1) in March 2017 of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which led to the UK’s exit from the EU, in a report adopted on Wednesday 16 February (516 votes in favour, 85 against, 91 abstentions).

Parliament welcomes the fact that, throughout the process, the unity and integrity of the EU was preserved in the negotiations with the UK government, in particular through the...