英國首相將於3月29日啓動退歐程序

Theresa May will begin the two-year countdown to Brexit on March 29 when she triggers Article 50, kicking off a frantic period of legislation in Westminster and negotiation with Brussels.

英國首相特里薩.梅(Theresa May)將於3月29日觸發《里斯本條約》第50條(Article 50)，從而開始爲期兩年的退歐倒計時，這將開啓一段充斥着英國議會立法和與布魯塞爾方面磋商的繁忙時期。

On Monday Downing Street pre-announced the date for the start of Brexit, a move partly intended to prepare markets for next week’s notification. The British prime minister will notify Donald Tusk, European Council president, on Wednesday of Britain’s intention to leave the EU. Brexit would take place by March 29 2019 unless the UK and all EU member states agree to extend divorce talks.

週一，唐寧街提前公佈了啓動退歐條款的日期，此舉部分用意是爲了讓市場爲下週的正式通知做好準備。英國首相將在週三把英國要退出歐盟(EU)意圖告知歐洲理事會(European Council)主席唐納德?圖斯克(Donald Tusk)。英國退歐將發生在2019年3月29日之前——除非英國及歐盟所有成員國同意延長退歐談判。

The pound dropped 0.4 per cent in less than an hour following the announcement of the Article 50 date, and fell further in afternoon trading.

在觸發第50條的日期公佈後，英鎊在不到一小時內下跌0.4%，並在下午盤的交易中進一步走低。

Formal notification of the invoking of Article 50 is likely to be accompanied by a statement from Mrs May to the country, possibly from the steps of Downing Street, and another to the House of Commons. The prime minister is expected to set out Britain’s negotiating objectives in broad terms.

在發佈啓動第50條的正式通知的同時，梅可能還將向全國發表一份聲明（該聲明可能會在唐寧街的臺階上發表），並向英國下議院(House of Commons)也發佈一份聲明。預計首相還會泛泛列出英國在退歐談判中的目標。