During the announcement of his candidacy, he said that the UK should trigger Article 50 by the end of 2016 so it could leave the EU by 2019, specifying 1 January 2019 as the date on which the UK should leave.
在宣布候选人资格期间，他说英国应在2016年年底之前触发里斯本条约第50条，这样英国可以在2019年之前离开欧盟，将2019年1月1日规定为英国应该离开的日期。