What happened on March 29th when Britain decided to formally submit its application for leaving the EU to the EU?

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) According to foreign media reports, the British government announced that it will launch Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29, officially opening the "British withdrawal from the EU" procedure.

A spokesman for British Prime Minister theresa may said that Tim Barrow, the British ambassador to the European Union, had informed Tusk, President of the European Council, on the morning of 20th local time that Britain would trigger the Brexit clause on March 29th.

David davies, Britain's Brexit Minister, said in a statement that Britain was at the "threshold of the most important negotiation" in a generation.

20 16 On June 23rd, Britain held a referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the EU. The voting results show that 5 1.9% of Britons voted for Britain to leave the EU.

On March 16 this year, the British Parliament voted to pass the "Britain's Brexit" bill, which cleared the last legal obstacle for the British government to formally launch "Britain's Brexit". On June 6th, 65438, Queen Elizabeth II signed the Bill of "Britain Leaving the EU", authorizing theresa may to officially start the procedure of "Britain Leaving the EU".

In the two-year negotiations, the British government must weigh the conflicting demands, that is, on the one hand, to reach an agreement on the terms of Britain's withdrawal from the EU, and on the other hand, to "consider the future relationship between Britain and the EU".

Teresa. May is tight-lipped about her negotiation strategy, but hopes to achieve many goals, including signing a free trade agreement, continuing security cooperation, gaining control over immigration issues and restoring sovereignty over British law.

The EU evaded these demands, calling it "wanting to have your cake and eat it".

Earlier, according to CCTV news reports, Britain decided to formally submit an application for Britain's withdrawal from the EU to the EU on March 29th, and initiated the negotiation of Britain's withdrawal from the EU under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.