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In this Guardian article, they say the only grounds for suspending an EU member are a breach of EU values, such as freedom & democracy. Maybe they could invoke
by SyneRyder 10y ago
In this Guardian article, they say the only grounds for suspending an EU member are a breach of EU values, such as freedom & democracy. Maybe they could invoke that on grounds of ignoring the referendum, but it might be a precedent the EU don't want to set:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/25/article-50-brexit-debate-britain-eu http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/25/article-50-b...
- simonh 10y ago> Maybe they could invoke that on grounds of ignoring the referendum The referendum is only advisory under British law so they'd have no legal basis on which to do that.