No deal is the worst deal yet Brexfast is still in the cards. EPC Policy Centre Commentary, 29 March 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May has finally triggered the Article 50 negotiations, nine months after the referendum vote. The Article 50 notification letter emphasises the aspiration of reaching a good deal and offers potential compromises on areas such as the rights of EU citizens already in the UK. However, there are still some obstacles ahead: hard lines on issues such as budgetary payments and the jurisdiction of the European Court might make a divorce deal and the transition to a long-term trade agreement hard to swallow for the EU27 and the European Parliament (EP)