No talks until Britain triggers Article 50 says Angela Merkel

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>The leaders of Germany&comma; France and Italy have said there can be no negotiations with Britain on its departure from the European Union until it has formally declared its intention to quit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel said &&num;8220&semi;we agree there will be no formal or informal talks&&num;8221&semi; with Britain until Article 50 of the EU treaty has been invoked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She was speaking in Berlin after meeting with French President Francois Hollande and Italian premier Matteo Renzi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; Ms Merkel said she has a &&num;8220&semi;certain amount of understanding&&num;8221&semi; for the fact that Britain may need &&num;8220&semi;a certain amount of time&&num;8221&semi; to analyse what happens next&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But she would not comment on whether it is acceptable for Britain to wait until a new PM is in place&comma; following David Cameron&&num;8217&semi;s decision to step down in the wake of the referendum result&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Renzi has already warned that Brussels cannot afford to spend a &&num;8220&semi;year on procedures&&num;8221&semi; for Britain&&num;8217&semi;s exit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Briefing his country&&num;8217&semi;s Senate earlier on Monday&comma; he noted that the EU &&num;8220&semi;spent a year on negotiations&&num;8221&semi; aimed at satisfying Britain ahead of last week&&num;8217&semi;s referendum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The EU summit this week on Britain&&num;8217&semi;s departure &&num;8220&semi;won&&num;8217&semi;t be the last&&num;8221&semi;&comma; Mr Renzi said&comma; but he added that those meetings must concentrate on &&num;8220&semi;the relaunching of Europe&comma; not just procedures&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said &&num;8220&semi;pluck&comma; lucidity and intelligence&&num;8221&semi; are needed by European leaders&comma; adding that now is not the time for improvisation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-69e3f23a2f56d">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-69e3f23a2f56d'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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3 COMMENTS

  1. Cameron should ge on with it and start the process going if he truly lov s this country as he stated in his resignation speech.

  2. Cameron us full of tricks and I really don’t see the reason why he is stalling? After all it will take 2 years

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