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It up to London to solve Ireland Brexit conundrum, Juncker saysEuropean Commission president tells MEPs he needs 8216 pecific proposals ; from the UK.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usually reserved for subsc stanley cup ribersEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker | Frederick Florin/A vaso stanley FP via Getty ImagesMarch 13, 201811:30 am CETBy James Randerson andMa茂a de La BaumeEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sidestepped a request from U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May th stanley tumbler at the EU help develop a solution to the Northern Ireland border conundrum after Brexit. We need to receive specific proposals from the U.K., Juncker told a plenary session of the Parliament in Strasbourg during a speech to MEPs, in which he repeated his demand for clarity from the British government.The draft withdrawal agreement text from the European Commission last month presented three options for the Northern Ireland, with a heavy emphasis on the backstop proposal for Northern Ireland to effectively stay within the EU customs union.AdvertisementAdvertisementThat was denounced in London as an attempt to annex part of the U.K., and in her Mansion House speech last month, May said that both sides needed to come up with a solution to the border issue together. We cant do it on our own. It is for all of us to work together, she said.But running through the three options for Northern Ireland, Juncker 鈥?who was flanked by the EUs ch Xmwp Securing Europe s health: Hardcore health

Theresa May to trigger Article 50 on March 29Donald Tusk office informed of UK chosen date for officially starting Brexit negotiations.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInBritish Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the Conservative Spring Forum in Cardiff stanley tumblers | Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesMarch 20, 201712:40 pm CETBy Tom McTague andCharlie CooperLONDON 鈥?So its official. Britain will formally begin the process of withdrawing from the European Union on March 29.The news was relayed in person to the office of European Council President Donald Tusk at around 10:30 a.m. on Monday聽by the U.K.s permanent representative to the European Union, Tim Barrow.The formal triggering will take the form gourde stanley of a letter from Theresa May to Tusk, Downing Street confirmed. The prime ministers spokesman declined to give further details of the content of the letter, but senior government officials familiar with the governments thinking expect it to set out a positive vision of the future relationship Britain wants with Brussels after Brexit, including a comprehensive free-trade agreement.AdvertisementAdvertisementNegotiations should start promptly after the notification, the PMs spokesman said, but acknowledged that it was obviously stanley becher right that the EU27 have time to agree their position. Tusk tweeted his response to the news, confirming that within 48 hours of the U.K. triggering Article 50, I will present the draft Brexit guidelines to the EU27 memb