Tusk to May: 'We miss you already'

President of the European Council Donald Tusk, reacted to the British Prime Minister triggering of Article 50, saying that there is “no reason to pretend this is a happy day.” “We miss you already. Thank you and goodbye,” he said during a press conference in Brussels after he received the formal notice from the UK, that it has started the procedure to leave the European Union. “There is nothing to win in this process and I am talking about both sides. In essence, this is about damage control,” he said, as both sides will now negotiate how UK-EU relations will look like after the UK leaves the union two years from now. “We’ll still be part of Europe, although we’ll be leaving the EU institutions.” Theresa May said. According to her, UK will seek “security, free trade, liberal values,” when negotiating the terms of Brexit. EU, still hopes, that there is a chance to smooth things out, EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said that the UK will be able to revoke Article 50 before it expires, if no deal is reached. He emphasized, however, that this process must be “ subject to conditions set by all EU27 so they cannot be used as a procedural device or abused in an attempt to improve the actual terms of the United Kingdom’s membership.” The chances of revoking the Article 50, are slim, as May called the decision to trigger the Article 50 “an historic moment from which there can be no turning back.”