Theresa May
Prime Minister Theresa may after running the procedure will require a Brexit from the EU back nine billion pounds (almost $ 11 billion) of British assets held in the European investment Bank (EIB). About it reports on Sunday, March 12, The Sunday Times, citing senior sources in the British government.
According to the newspaper, London will say this after the entry into force of article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which reglamentary the rejection of EU membership. In the British Cabinet, based on the legal opinion of lawyer Martin Howe, confident that Brussels was obliged to pay a share of the United Kingdom in the funds, the EIB, which is 16 percent of the total assets.
On 4 March it was reported that the lawyers of the government of great Britain considered optional payment established before the amount of 60 billion pounds for the Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.
On 10 March it became known that the procedure Brexit could be launched on March 14 after the evening of March 13 both houses of Parliament — the house of Commons and the house of lords will approve the corresponding bill. Peers made two amendments — the protection of the rights living in the UK of EU citizens and requires the government to obtain the sanction of Parliament before signing with the EU of an agreement on the exit. It is expected that the Cabinet may reject both.
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.