LONDON (AP) – The official who created the rules for leaving the EU says Britain can legally stop the process any time it wants before exit day in 2019.
John Kerr, who drafted Article 50 of the EU’s key treaty, says “while the divorce talks proceed the parties are still married … We can change our mind at any stage.”
Kerr says the British government has misled voters into believing the process is unstoppable.
FILE – In this June 19, 2017 file photo, a member of protocol changes the EU and British flags at EU headquarters in Brussels. The European Union is resuming negotiations with Britain, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, on its departure from the 28-nation bloc amid more warnings that time is running out to reach an agreement before Brexit in March 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
British voters, and lawmakers, remain divided over Brexit.
Prime Minister Theresa May warned Friday she would not tolerate attempts “to try to block the democratic wishes of the British people by attempting to slow down or stop our departure from the European Union.”
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