Clash Looms on Brexit as EU Leaders Spurn Cameron’s Go-Slow
- Le Pen, Wilders, Northern League call for referendums on EU
- Government leaders meet to prepare reponse to Brexit result
David Cameron: Britain Needs Fresh Leadership
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The first conflict between the U.K. and the European Union over leaving the bloc loomed as the EU’s dominant powers signaled they wanted a rapid British exit and Prime Minister David Cameron said he was in no hurry.
As nationalist parties in France, Italy, the Netherlands and elsewhere hailed the Brexit vote and called for referendums in their own countries, France’s government spokesman suggested a hard line against Britain and officials in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government said they wanted a quick start to talks.