Brexit could be delayed to late-2019

Article discusses the growing realisation in the United Kingdom in the summer of 2016 that the government was struggling to prepare for the negotiations to leave the European Union. Formally, the process would start with the UK government invoking Article 50 Treaty on European Union and 'sources' were quoted as saying that this might not happen until the autumn of 2017.

However, a Downing Street spokesperson said: 'The Prime Minister has been clear that a top priority for this government is to deliver the decision of the British people to leave the EU and to make a success of Brexit. The PM has set out the government’s position on Article 50 and has established a new department dedicated to tacking forward the negotiations'.

The Independent, 14.08.16: Brexit ‘could be delayed until late 2019’ with Whitehall departments not ready to trigger Article 50 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-date-article-50-eu-referendum-result-europe-theresa-may-a7189851.html

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Briefing, 2016: Article 50 TEU: Withdrawal of a Member State from the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/article-50-teu-withdrawal-of-a-member-state-from-the-eu/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

EUObserver, 15.08.16: Brexit unlikely before 2019 https://euobserver.com/uk-referendum/134634

Politico, 14.08.16: Brexit could be delayed to end of 2019: report http://www.politico.eu/article/united-kingdom-brexit-could-be-delayed-to-end-of-2019-report/

The Guardian, 14.08.16: Liam Fox tried to wrest control of Foreign Office duties from Boris Johnson http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/14/liam-fox-attempt-wrest-control-foreign-office-duties-boris-johnson

United Kingdom: Department for Exiting the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/department-for-exiting-the-european-union/

Euro|Topics: Debates, August 2016: Will Brexit be delayed? http://www.eurotopics.net/en/164375/will-brexit-be-delayed

BBC News, 15.08.16: Brexit delay claims are 'idle chatter,' says John Redwood http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37082402

Intereconomics, Vol.51, No.4, July-August 2016: What May Not Happen in UKexit http://archive.intereconomics.eu/year/2016/4/what-may-not-happen-in-ukexit/

The Economist, 21.08.16: Brexit: What’s the hold-up? http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/08/economist-explains-17

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