The Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat has said that Malta will not be leading the negotiations related to Brexit, even though the British Prime Minister has already stated that she would discuss the issue during the Maltese Presidency. He said that Malta's role is still a very clear one and the position remains unchanged.

Theresa May yesterday announced that it would invoke article 50, which will eventually lead to Brexit, during the Maltese Presidency. "Malta's position remains the same. We want a fair deal which is however, inferior to a full membership," Dr Muscat insisted. 

Speaking to journalists following a visit to the University of Malta, the Prime Minister said that the government's position is that the four freedoms of the EU must be protected and cannot be decoupled.

Britain will trigger the formal process for leaving the European Union before the end of March, Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday, putting to rest weeks of speculation on the timing of the move.

May outlined her vision for a post-EU Britain at her Conservative Party's annual conference in Birmingham and took the first steps to making a British exit - or Brexit - a reality.

As her fellow lawmakers applauded wildly, May made it clear that the British people expected to see the moment "on the horizon" when Britain would leave - and that she was going to deliver.

"We will invoke it when we are ready, and we will be ready soon," she said. "We will invoke Article 50 no later than the end of March next year."