Baku, Azerbaijan, June 28
Trend:
The European Parliament calls to immediately activate the Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty (Withdrawal of a Member State from the EU) for UK’s exit from the European Union – the draft resolution, RIA Novosti agency reported June 28.
It is expected that the document will be approved by members of the European Parliament on the results of an emergency session in Brussels June 28 in connection with Brexit.
Britons held a referendum June 23 on whether the UK should to stay in the European Union, or leave it. The voting results indicate that the campaign to leave the EU, known as the Brexit, has won with 51.9 percent of the votes.
The European Parliament takes note of the desire of the UK citizens to leave the EU; It emphasizes that the will of the people should be fully respected, starting with the immediate activation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, says the document, which is supported by all groups of the European Parliament.
Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty sets out how an EU country might voluntarily leave the union.
The article says: “Any member state may decide to withdraw from the union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements.”
To start this procedure, the country must formally notify Brussels of such an intention, followed by a process of negotiation on the order of the exit based on the foundations of the country’s future relationship with the Union.