“Victory for liberty! As I have been demanding for years, there must now be the same referendum in France and in all countries in the European Union”, said Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s right-wing Front National. “Victory for Freedom!”, tweeted Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Front. “As I have called for for years, there should now be such a referendum in France and in the countries of the European Union”.
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In the end, Herve Favre of France’s La Voix du Nord wrote, “Maybe one day we will thank our English friends for delivering the shock treatment that resuscitated the European patient”.
“Victory for freedom!” FN chief Marine Le Pen said.
USA president Barack Obama, who had warned Britain would be at the “back of the queue” for a trade deal in the event of Brexit, insisted the “special relationship” between the United Kingdom and Washington will continue.
His comments could stir tensions within the ruling Socialist Party, which in 2005 had been deeply split over a proposed new European Union constitution, eventually blocked by referendums in France and the Netherlands.
EU officials are considering how to rally the remaining member countries and inject enthusiasm for the union.
Dutch voters have twice voiced strong anti-EU sentiment at the polls, most recently in April when a vast majority rejected the Ukraine-EU treaty in a nonbinding referendum.
She later tweeted: “From Brexit to Frexit”.
“This is the thing that fueled and emotionalized the Brexit debate in an nearly unspeakable way”, Techau said, adding that the issues involved – stronger borders, better security cooperation, a common procedure for managing applications for asylum and cutting deals with the source countries – don’t require treaty changes that could trigger more referendums.
Donald Tusk, one of the EU’s top leaders, has started to talk about the risks facing the political establishment. Now it’s our turn. “Time for a Dutch referendum!”
Prime Minister Valls said the Brexit vote revealed a malaise within Europe that had been ignored for too long.
Dutch anti-immigration politician, Geert Wilders, said the Netherlands now deserved a “Nexit” vote.
“The Dutch would like to be in charge again of their own budget, their national borders and their immigration policy”, Wilders said.
He has been dancing the tango, one step ahead-two behind, trying to contain the racist party by sending senseless signals on his migrants’ and refugees’ policy.
“Together we will address our common challenge to generate growth, increase prosperity and ensure a safe and secure environment for our citizens”, the four presidents of the EU’s political institutions said in a statement.
“The euro as it is today does not work. We either have alternative currencies or a ‘Euro 2′”.
Surveys show that Sweden and Denmark will be among the countries most negatively affected by Brexit. These reactionary nationalist movements, which have been gaining strength in recent years, argue that the unexpected widespread support for leaving shows how the dominant center-right and center-left parties in Europe, which called on their members to vote for staying in the European Union, are out of touch with the people.
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But most of the people who might vote for these nationalist leaders are not seeking the destruction of the European Union, just big changes in the way it works – in particular the reform or abolition of the euro and much stricter controls on immigration.
