On 3 May 2017, the European Commission adopted and sent a Recommendation for a European Council Decision to open negotiations for the UK's exit from the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. The recommendation proposes that the Council authorizes the Commission to open the negotiations for an agreement with the UK setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal from the European Union and from the European Atomic Energy Community, nominates the Commission as the Union negotiator, and addresses negotiating directives to the Commission. The recommendation also include that the negotiations will be conducted in light of...