By Diyar Guldogan
ANKARA (AA) – The European Court of Justice on Monday ruled that the U.K. is “free to unilaterally revoke the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU “.
“When a member state has notified European Council of its intention to withdraw from the European Union, as the U.K. has done, that member state is free to revoke unilaterally that notification, ” the court said.
In 2017, British Prime Minister Theresa May notified the European Council of the U.K.’s intention to withdraw from the 28-member bloc under Article 50 TEU (Treaty on European Union).
“That possibility exists for as long as a withdrawal agreement concluded between the EU and that member state has not entered into force or, if no such agreement has been concluded, for as long as the two-year period from the date of the notification of the intention to withdraw from the EU, and an possible extension, has not expired, ” it added.
