{"id":387721,"date":"2018-12-04T10:09:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T09:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/uk-can-stop-brexit-unilaterally\/"},"modified":"2018-12-04T10:09:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T09:09:12","slug":"uk-can-stop-brexit-unilaterally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/uk-can-stop-brexit-unilaterally\/","title":{"rendered":"UK can stop Brexit unilaterally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.12\/thumbnail\/5c063e99dda4c832608b4656.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        The UK has the power to unilaterally stop the Brexit process, the EU\u2019s top legal advisers have said, contradicting statements from London that stated Article 50 could only be stopped with agreement of all 27 EU member states.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Advocate General, <a href=\"https:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/jcms\/upload\/docs\/application\/pdf\/2018-12\/cp180187en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a report <\/a>prepared for the European Court in Strasbourg, stated that the UK could suspend the already triggered two-year Article 50 process, according to a lawyer for the group that brought forward the case.<\/p>\n<p>The advice comes just five days before parliament begins debating Prime Minister Theresa May&#8217;s largely unpopular Brexit deal, before voting on\u00a0it on December 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/445338-gyimah-mp-resigns-brexit\/\">READ MORE:\u00a0\u2018UK will be worse off\u2019: British MP Sam Gyimah becomes 7th minister to resign over May&#8217;s Brexit deal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Advocate General Campos Sanchez-Bordona proposes that the Court of Justice should declare that Article 50 &#8230; allows the unilateral revocation of the notification of the intention to withdraw from the EU,&#8221;<\/em> the bloc&#8217;s top court\u2019s statement read.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe UK parliament has to give its final approval,\u201d<\/em> wrote the advocate general, in the case of either a satisfactory withdrawal agreement being reached or in the absence of a satisfactory agreement.<\/p>\n<p>This <em>\u201cwould open the possibility for the UK to remain in the EU in the face of an unsatisfactory Brexit,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7RMbxLA2ZGc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Advocate General&#8217;s opinions are not binding, judges will now decide on whether or not to accept his advice, though they have a tendency to do so in most cases.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that it would be possible for the UK to announce its intention to stay in the bloc, up until such time that the withdrawal agreement was <em>\u201cformally concluded.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It also stipulated that this needed to be in accordance with UK constitutional law, the European Council were informed and that is doesn\u2019t involve and <em>\u201cabusive practice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/445152-eu-immigration-decrease-brexit\/\">READ MORE:\u00a0EU migration to UK slumps to six-year low, as Brexit effect begins to bite<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The news will further hinder May\u2019s plans to gain parliament\u2019s approval for her EU withdrawal agreement. 16 weeks remain before Article 50\u2019s deadline on March 29, should parliament reject May\u2019s deal, as they are expected to do, the potential option to halt the process will look more attractive compared to the likely chaos of a no deal Brexit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? 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