PM May says ‘there can be no turning back’ after Brexit trigger

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Britain's ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow (L) delivers British Prime Minister Theresa May's formal notice of the UK's intention to leave the bloc under Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty to European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels on March 29, 2017. Britain formally launches the process for leaving the European Union on Wednesday, a historic step that has divided the country and thrown into question the future of the European unity project. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / YVES HERMAN
Britain’s ambassador to the European Union Tim Barrow (L) delivers British Prime Minister Theresa May’s formal notice of Britain’s intention to leave the bloc under Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty to European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels on March 29, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / YVES HERMAN

 

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May said there could be “no turning back” and called for national unity on Wednesday after notifying the European Union of Britain’s intention to end its 44-year membership of the bloc.

“This is a historic moment from which there can be no turning back,” she told parliament, adding: “Now is the time for us to come together,” she added.