ECJ rules that UK has the legal power to stop Brexit by unilaterally revoking Article 50 (UPDATED)
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Update: British cabinet ministers have been put on standby for an emergency conference call with Prime Minster Theresa May in the next half hour, the political editor of the Daily Mail said on Monday.
“Cabinet ministers put on standby for emergency conference call with PM in next half hour,” Jason Groves said on Twitter.
The UK has the legal power to stop Brexit by unilaterally revoking Article 50, the EU’s top court has ruled.
The ruling matches legal advice given to the court last week by its advocate general, who said as a sovereign country the UK could decide on its own to stay in the EU even at this late stage.
Sky News reports “the EU’s top court has ruled the UK can revoke Article 50 and halt Brexit without the permission of other member states.
A judgement by the European Court of Justice on Monday gives the UK the right to unilaterally withdraw its notification to leave the EU.
The ruling by the Luxembourg court comes on the eve of a House of Commons vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, which is expected to be roundly rejected by MPs.”
BBC reports “the judges ruled that this could be done without altering the terms of Britain’s membership.”
