The U.K.'s departure from the European Union may turn out to be the most tortured divorce proceeding in history.
There will be high-level summits and hours of back-room horse trading before the U.K. breaks away. While the negotiations will be intense, the EU treaty sets out the parameters in just 261 words — meaning much is left for politicians, lawyers and bureaucrats to wrestle over in the months and years to come.
The task will be vast. Although prime ministers from Margaret Thatcher onward successfully defended opt-outs from the euro and passport-free Schengen zone, about half of British legislation with a significant economic impact derives from the EU, the House of Commons Library said in 2010.
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