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'Leave as soon as possible', EU chiefs tell Britain after Brexit vote
The Times of India ^ | June 24, 2016 | AFP

Posted on 06/24/2016 7:25:15 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

BRUSSELS: EU chiefs on Friday told Britain to start negotiations to quit the bloc "as soon as possible", after outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron said he would leave the negotiations to his successor.

"We now expect the United Kingdom government to give effect to this decision of the British people as soon as possible, however painful that process may be," said a joint statement after Britons voted for a Brexit .

"Any delay would unnecessarily prolong uncertainty."

The statement was issued by EU president Donald Tusk, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, EU Parliament leader Martin Schulz and Dutch premier Mark Rutte, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the bloc, after crisis talks in Brussels.

Cameron announced he would step down to make way for a new leader by October, adding that the new prime minister would be responsible for officially triggering Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty to start Britain's divorce from the bloc.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: article50; brexit; brixit; brussels; conservativeparty; davidcameron; divorce; donaldtusk; ec; eu; euro; eurocrats; europeanunion; exit; germany; greatbritain; jeanclaudejuncker; lisbontreaty; london; markrutte; martinschulz; nato; nwo; owg; resignation; tories; unitedkingdom
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Cameron’s resigned because he refuses to lead a sovereign nation.


21 posted on 06/24/2016 7:40:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Gaffer

They are also pissed because they see the inevitability of it all. Their jobs will be gone. Their power will be gone. They have a lot to lose.


22 posted on 06/24/2016 7:40:21 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Gold and silver are real money, everything else is a derivative)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Slightly over 50% of the EU ECONOMY is Britain France and powerhouse Germany


23 posted on 06/24/2016 7:40:51 AM PDT by wardaddy (for Muslim wives "no" means anal)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

'Seize all EU assets within the UK as well as the personal assets of Mr. Tusk, Mr. Juncker, Mr. Schulz and Mr. Rutte.'

24 posted on 06/24/2016 7:45:09 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: rdcbn

Might also be a good time to get rid of the UN while the mood is ripe for independence and freedom.


25 posted on 06/24/2016 7:45:57 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: Gaffer

PC, social justice and the bullshit of ‘diversity’ translated into outright oppression doesn’t set well with people just wanting to be FREE

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This is truly a watershed moment. People everywhere now see that they can shed the chains of political correctness and social intimidation by the elites. Make no mistake about the importance of this event: The moment the Left has long feared is here.


26 posted on 06/24/2016 7:46:08 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Their jobs will be gone. Their power will be gone. They have a lot to lose.

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EXACTLY! Now they have to face the dire prospect of finding a real job that expects them to be productive workers instead of pampered talkers.


27 posted on 06/24/2016 7:48:36 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Cameron announced he would step down to make way for a new leader by October, adding that the new prime minister would be responsible for officially triggering Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty to start Britain's divorce from the bloc.

So right off the bat, Cameron sets up a 3 month delay on getting started on the formalities. You watch, there will be a "redo," and all other form of delay and obstruction to implementation of exit. "Playing dumb."

28 posted on 06/24/2016 7:51:27 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Once more a free Britain facing a continent-wide tyranny across the English Channel.


29 posted on 06/24/2016 7:52:09 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

My take: rather that moderate their policies to entice Britain to stay, they are looking to lop off the arm and cauterize before there is a stampede. Get ‘em out and lock the others in ASAP before others take their cue from Britain.


30 posted on 06/24/2016 7:54:18 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
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To: Starboard

I wouldn’t want to be going there right now- facing the fury of scorned petty tyrants


31 posted on 06/24/2016 7:55:41 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: silverleaf

One should probably tell these people who are trying to spin this up, that an unbalanced rotating mass quickly begins to destroy itself through centrifugal force, ripping out its bearings and flying off in random directions.

What tenuous balance the EU may have had has been destroyed by importation of MILLIONS of refugees, few if any of whom had any intention of integrating with the existing society to which they had fled.

Economies which depend on command-and-control rarely last very long, as the controls end up not getting the right commands, and the disarray of the market soon becomes unfixable. Add to this some wrong-headed notions about “fairness”, and soon enough internal factions are at each others’ throats, with ensuing chaos.

Some 95% of the human woe in this world is self-induced.


32 posted on 06/24/2016 7:55:55 AM PDT by alloysteel (Of course you will live in interesting times, Nobody has a choice, now.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

33 posted on 06/24/2016 7:56:20 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

EEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUU!


34 posted on 06/24/2016 7:56:57 AM PDT by crz
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To: Tupelo

Actually, I thought Cameron acted honorably by promising to resign by October, allowing a PM more representative of the will of Britain’s people to do the honors.

The rest of them, no doubt, ARE a bunch of whiners.


35 posted on 06/24/2016 7:57:06 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cuckservative: a "conservative" willing to raise another country's ideology in his own country)
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EU parliament leader: we want Britain out as soon as possible
36 posted on 06/24/2016 8:03:13 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cuckservative: a "conservative" willing to raise another country's ideology in his own country)
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To: All

But, but...these EUroweenies told us those little electric teapots the Brits use cause global warming. Shouldn’t they be trying to slow down UK’s exit to save the planet?

On a related subject, think about Trump’s promise to reorganize NATO and force EU members to pay their share of the costs. Are the EUroweenies worried that without UK, it will be harder for them to hide their intransigent efforts to duck out on the costs?


37 posted on 06/24/2016 8:03:51 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

LOL! The EU trying to look relevant!

I heard a few liberals proclaim “temper tantrums” by the Brits for voting to leave. Seems the libs are the childish temper tantrum types.


38 posted on 06/24/2016 8:04:39 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I think the “rules” are that the EU is supposed to try and talk them out of leaving. So there might be more behind the scenes than we think.


39 posted on 06/24/2016 8:10:09 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (YS.)
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To: NonValueAdded

You are absolutely right.


40 posted on 06/24/2016 8:12:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (YS.)
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