United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

Minister Delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba attended a new General Affairs (Art.50) Council meeting on Tuesday, in Luxembourg, in which the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, presented the latest developments in the Brexit process, as well as his assessment of the prospects for the negotiations to move towards an agreement that would allow an orderly withdrawal and which could be s

Minister-delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba chaired on Tuesday in Luxembourg a new meeting of the General Affairs Council (Art. 50), organised under the aegis of Romania's Presidency at the EU Council, context in which he tackled several scenarios regarding Brexit.

A petition for revoking Brexit and retaining UK membership in the European Union gathered over 5 million signatures, the Guardian reported.

May said that she did not believe that the government should extend the deadline for invoking Article 50 of the EU Agreement, which defines the conditions for leaving the bloc, Reuters reported on Monday.

May warned MPs that Brexit would be in peril unless they passed the Brexit agreement.

The UK has the legal power to stop Brexit by unilaterally revoking Article 50, the EU's top court has ruled, reported the Independent.

The ruling matches legal advice given to the court last week by its advocate general, who said as a sovereign country Britain could reverse its decision even at this late stage. 

A European Court of Justice ruling on whether the UK can cancel Brexit by revoking Article 50 will take place the day before MPs vote on Mrs May's Brexit deal, the court has announced, writes standard.co.uk

European judges will issue their ruling on December 10, ahead of the Commons vote on December 11.

A top European law officer is to deliver an opinion on whether the UK can call off its exit from the EU without the backing of member states, writes BBC. 

A group of Scottish politicians have asked the European Court of Justice to rule on whether the UK can halt Brexit.

Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu participated on Friday in Brussels in meeting of the General Affairs Council (Article 50) in the EU 27 format, organised following the initiation of the process on UK's withdrawal from the European Union.

Today, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Ekaterina Zaharieva chaired the General Affairs Council meeting in an EU-27 format (GAC Article 50). That was the last meeting of this Council formation under the Bulgarian Presidency.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday that he hoped Britain would rejoin the European Union after it has left next year, according to Reuters.

Speaking to the European Parliament, the EU chief executive, who will step down in late 2019, noted that the Union's treaty provided not only for exit but also for admission to the bloc: