Britain will begin Brexit by triggering Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty on March 29, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said on Monday. Britain’s envoy to Brussels Tim Barrow “has informed the EU this morning that Britain will trigger Article 50 on March 29,” the spokesman said.
Germany on Monday branded as “unacceptable” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s charge that Chancellor Angela Merkel was using “Nazi measures”, but signaled it wanted to avoid escalating the feud. Turkey and the European Union — especially Germany with its large Turkish diaspora — are locked in a bitter dispute as ...