Both candidates in the French Presidential election have been throwing around the term ‘Frexit’, a possible French withdrawal from the EU which France founded as the then European Economic Community or Common Market in 1957.
According to economist Roger Bootle, the EU has grown unsustainable and due to various factors, is about to burst. (AP/Francisco Seco)
LONDON– The recent triggering of Article 50 of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty by the United Kingdom has formally set into motion the process of Britain’s departure from the EU, an action that is in line with the result of last June’s referendum, where 52 percent of British voters chose to leave the union.
21st Century Wire says…
HRH Queen Elizabeth II had her hands full today alongside her provision of ‘Royal Ascent’ which clears the way for Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and begin to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Union.
