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Britain started the process of leaving the European Union. Theresa May, the country’s prime minister, officially triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty in a letter hand-delivered to Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council. See here and here.

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The world this week April 1st 2017

The negotiator

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