Supreme Court to hear government’s Brexit appeal in December
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London, Nov. 8, 2016 (dpa/NAN) The Supreme Court says it will hear the government’s appeal on Dec. 5 against a ruling that parliament must vote before formal negotiations begin on Britain leaving the European Union.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s government appealed after the High Court.
It said that parliament must vote on triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which sets the rules for a two-year negotiating process for a nation leaving the EU.
May argues that she has a sufficient mandate through a referendum in June, when 52 per cent opted to leave the EU, to proceed with Brexit negotiations without involving lawmakers.
She has told European leaders that she will still trigger Article 50 by the end of March. dpa/NAN)
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Edited by Damilola Oyewole and Abdullahi Yusuf