Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom

Prime Minister Theresa May has officially notified Brussels about the launch of Brexit. The documents were presented to the President of the European Council Donald Tusk by the British Permanent Representative to the EU Tim Barrow.

Scotland's Parliament voted Tuesday to seek a new referendum on independence from Britain, clearing the way for the country's first minister, its top lawmaker, to ask the British government to approve such a vote.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has formally begun the process of the UK leaving the European Union, by sending a letter of intent to European Council President Donald Tusk, triggering Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon and paving the way for the biggest political upheaval in the EU's history.

It is official: The United Kingdom is officially starting the negotiations that will define the details of the Brexit!

Theresa May signed the official letter to the EU that triggers the Brexit process.

Donald Tusk will be receiving the letter at 12:30′ (UK time).

David Davis, Brexit secretary, has confirmed that the government will not seek to cap the number of EU migrants working in the UK after Brexit, saying that migration would be managed according to the needs of the economy.

Theresa May's empty chair at the European Union's 60th birthday party was a tragic symbol of the United Kingdom's waning influence in Europe. Failing to attend this party was a diplomatic blunder that will not help get our Brexit negotiations off to a good start.

''Brexit negotiations are on course to fail unless both Britain and the European Union ditch their winner-takes-all approach to the coming talks'', the former president of the European commission José Manuel Barroso has said.

Barroso also suggested that extremists on both sides of the Channel wanted the UK to break away from the EU entirely.

EU powerhouses France and Germany on Saturday warned Britain to expect no favours from Brussels once negotiations on the terms of Brexit finally get under way next week, writes The Local.

Theresa May is expected to announce within weeks that the UK will reclaim its waters for British fishermen by pulling out of a deal that pre-dates the EU, The Telegraph writes.

The Prime Minister will take Britain out of the 1964 London convention which allows European fishing vessels to access waters six to twelve nautical miles from British shores.

The EU and Japan have agreed on an accelerated signing of a trade agreement as early as this year. This became clear after a meeting of Japanese PM Shinzō Abe and the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council - Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk.

Shinzō Abe called on the EU for predictability and stability after Brexit and added: