21.10.2016, 14:44
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| Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
| Quote: |  | | | Klar! I'm amazed people are now all surprised about this- as this was not clear since 1973- and say the EU is being 'vindictive and wants to punish' the UK, etc. | | | | | “The UK has decided to do a Brexit, I believe even a hard Brexit. Well, then we must go all the way through the UK’s willingness to leave the EU. We have to have this firmness,” President Hollande told 150 guests at the 20th anniversary of Notre Europe, the pro-EU think-tank founded by Jacques Delors, the former EU commission chief.
“If not, we would jeopardise the fundamental principles of the EU. Other countries would want to leave the EU to get the supposed advantages without the obligations.”
The Socialist leader insisted: “There must be a threat, there must be a risk, there must be a price. Otherwise we will be in a negotiation that cannot end well.” https://www.ft.com/content/5f84e4c4-...5-f79f5696c731 |