U.K.’s Johnson Says Brexit-Trigger Process Shouldn’t Drag On
- Foreign Secretary suggests negotiations should end by May 2019
- Labour’s Corbyn slams lack of transparency on Brexit talks
Boris Johnson, U.K. foreign secretary outside the foreign office in London.
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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the U.K. shouldn’t prolong the process of withdrawing from the European Union, suggesting the government will formally trigger an exit by May of next year.
Though Britain voted for Brexit in June, formal talks with the 27 other EU members can’t begin until Prime Minister Theresa May activates Article 50 of the bloc’s Lisbon Treaty, which would set in motion two years of discussions about the terms of departure.