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Editor's note
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At lunchtime yesterday, Tim Barrow, the UK's Permanent Representative to the European Union, handed that letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, and Article 50 was at last triggered. In her six-page note to mark the formal start of the Brexit process, Theresa May outlined how she sees negotiations going ahead. She stressed the need to come together to strike a deal that works for everyone. But a slightly closer reading reveals some veiled threats.
As he received the letter in the European Commission building, Tusk appeared sombre. He told the UK “we already miss you”. UKIP members, on the other hand, were outside the building throwing a party with cake and champagne.
The two sides now have two years
to come up with a Brexit deal, but before they can even begin talks on life after leaving, they need to thrash out a divorce settlement. This painful process could itself take so long that some people think it will be practically impossible to meet the 2019 deadline.
And while we now have some idea of what the UK wants, there are 27 other nations in this debate. The leaders of each will meet in Malta at the end of April to set their strategy. Uta Staiger reveals the red lines and competing priorities within the EU.
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Laura Hood
Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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Uta Staiger, UCL
There are 27 member states left in the European Union. Somehow, they all need to agree on what they want from Brexit.
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