One of the European Unions’s top officials has said there will be no more negotiations with regard to the UK’s membership of the bloc, warning that if they vote to Leave there is no way back.
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Speaking in Brussels, Mr Juncker had earlier told reporters: “The British policy makers and British voters have to know that there will be no kind of any renegotiation”.
He said, “History has taught us a simple lesson: Europe is stronger together”.
Juncker had also spoken about Brexit with the German press where he sounded a positive note about the vote.
Juncker made the remarks to journalists in Brussels just a day before people across the United Kingdom vote in the European Union referendum to decide if Britain should Remain or Leave the organisation.
“The departure of such a country that is geographically, historically, politically involved in Europe, would undoubtedly bring serious consequences”.
Mr Juncker’s comments drew a furious response from Vote Leave campaigner Boris Johnson, who condemned him as an “unelected tinpot figure”.
Tsipras said Greece was now entering a period when it can “turn a page and, after six years of recession and austerity, it can design the structural changes needed to achieve fair growth and a more optimistic outlook for the Greek people”.
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Ukip leader Nigel Farage tweeted: “Jean-Claude Juncker directly contradicts the Prime Minister”.
“We have been told from the horse’s mouth that any hope of further change is absolute illusion”.
He added: “Mr Juncker confirms this is Britain’s last chance saloon”.
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“If the outcome is to leave the EU, France’s position in the aftermath of this referendum would be to draw the right conclusion and to consider this vote as the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU”.
