Theresa May
Lawyers for the UK government concluded that the country has the right not to pay the previously established amount of 60 billion pounds for the Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. On Saturday, March 4, reports The Times.
According to the report, there is no law or agreement that may force the UK to pay this amount, but because Brussels have the legal basis. According to experts, in this regard, there is no need to pay at the end of the process of exit from the EU.
“Think of it as about the rules of the Golf club. When leaving the club to pursue is not obliged to pay”, — quotes RIA Novosti words of the source Newspapers.
In December 2016, it was reported that a British exit from the European Union will cost the Kingdom an amount of 50 to 60 billion euros. This amount consists of already undertaken by the London long-term financial liabilities, contributions to the EU budget, pension and other payments.
8 Nov Prime Minister Theresa may has announced its intention to begin formal negotiations with the European Union on Brexit at the end of March 2017.
A referendum on the country’s withdrawal from the EU took place on 23 June. For Brexit voted more than half of Britons who took part in the plebiscite. The Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned, and his place was taken by Theresa may.