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CAN WE JUST LEAVE THE EU?
Yes, we can. This was clarified in an answer to a written question in the House
of Lords from Lord Pearson of Rannoch:
EU Membership : Withdrawal. Lord Pearson of Rannoch asked Her Majesty'
Government:
Why, given that the treaties governing NATO and the World Trade Organisation
specifically provide for the free and unilateral withdrawal of member states
from those organisations, no such provision exists in the Treaties governing
membership of the European Union?
Baroness Scotland of Asthal (for the government): We see no need for the
treaties governing membership of the European Union to include a specific
provision on unilateral withdrawal. It remains open to Parliament to repeal the
European Communities Act 1972, the logical consequence of which would be to
withdraw from the EU. The terms of such a withdrawal would be for the government
to negotiate with the other member states.
In other words, we can just leave with a single vote in the commons.
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