Days after a suggestion from French President Emmanuel Macron that Britain could still choose to remain, Davis said there would be no backtracking from Prime Minister Theresa May‘s plan to deliver on Brexit, for which Britons voted in a referendum almost a year ago.

„As I head to Brussels to open official talks to leave the EU, there should be no doubt — we are leaving the European Union, and delivering on that historic referendum result,“ Davis said in a statement.