The UK Prime Minister Theresa May and her government do not have much time left. They need to trigger the Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by March 31st or face complications as new rules for exit would set in after that. The new rules, which were agreed by the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2007, are set to become law after March 31st. According to these new rules, the exit would have to be approved by at least 55 percent of the members of the European Union that holds about 65 percent of the total EU populations, which basically means that EU gets a say, whether the UK can exit the European Union or not.

From 1st April this year, the UK would need approval from 14 countries including Germany, France, Italy, and Spain to get out of the Union, which might have their own demands before they give their approvals. The decision made by the High Court as well as the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has bound the government to seek parliamentary approvals in order to trigger the Article 50. The legislature giving the power to the government to trigger separation, known as the Brexit bill has passed through the House of Commons and is currently awaiting approvals in the House of Lords.