British lawmakers have called on the European Union’s top court to issue a ruling that could allow Britain to reverse its decision to leave the bloc without the consent of other member states.
A lawyer representing a group of Scottish lawmakers and politicians told a hearing of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Tuesday that the court should give its interpretation of Article 50 of EU’s Lisbon Treaty so that Britain could reverse a 2016 decision to trigger the legal mechanism and withdraw from the bloc based on the result of a referendum that came earlier that year.
“These petitioners need to know the options for revocation which are open to withdrawing member states now, to allow them – properly and in a fully informed way – to carry out their duties as democratically elected representatives,” said Aidan O’Neill, adding that an ECJ a ruling was necessary so that British lawmakers could make informed decisions.
O’Neill…