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Brexit: Theresa May's Article 50 plans could be delayed by months due to Stormont crisis legal challenge | The Independent
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[FONT="]Theresa May’s plans to trigger Article 50 could be delayed by months because enacting Brexit while Northern Ireland’s Assembly is in crisis may be illegal, The Independent has learned.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Power-sharing collapsed in the region earlier this week, meaning a snap election for Stormont is imminent.[/FONT]
[FONT="]An election is expected to last for at least two months, during which time the Northern Ireland Assembly will be unable to sit and approve decisions.[/FONT]
[FONT="]As a result, the Prime Minister may be unable to trigger Article 50 – the formal mechanism by which a country begins to leave the European Union – as she will be unable to get approval from Stormont, thereby delaying her Brexit plans even further.
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