Brexit will take over two years, says Kenny

Enda Kenny has said it will take longer than two years for Britain to leave the European Union, once Brexit is triggered.

A deal between the EU and Britain must be agreed within two years once Britain triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, the formal process for leaving the EU.

Mr Kenny said: “I think it will be impossible to do the negotiations within the contemplated two-year period. That’s why I think there’s a growing feeling in Europe that there should be a transition period, and that the transition period will be longer than those two years — I think it will be,” he told Sky News.