As it happened: First EU summit post-Brexit

29-06-2016 (updated: 30-09-2016 )

The British people have spoken, now the member states have to start thinking about life after the UK. [Shutterstock]

Following the UK’s historic decision to leave the EU, member states convened in Brussels to begin the unprecedented decision of discussing the terms of its divorce. Follow EURACTIV’s live blog below for all the developments as they happened.

23 June: 51.9% of voters chose to the leave the EU. Over 30 million people turned out.
24 June: David Cameron announces he will resign as Prime Minister by October.
28-29 June: EU leaders urge Britain to trigger Brexit negotiation as soon as possible.

Cameron gets okay for successor to trigger Brexit at Brussels ‘last supper’

British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to deny the United Kingdom had collapsed “politically, monetarily, constitutionally and economically” last night, after his final summit with EU leaders before the UK leaves the bloc.

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5 responses to “As it happened: First EU summit post-Brexit”

Jean-Claude says:

27/06/2016 at 12:51

The international community must impose sanctions on the UK if it does not respect immediately the will of its people.

Arkitekten31 says:

27/06/2016 at 15:14

As a non-EU citizen but an entrepreneur working with EU firms on energy efficiency in the built environment, I think it wise that the EU Commission and the EU Parliament allow the U.K. government and their several National governments, such as Scotland, Northern Ireland, time to digest Brexit and figure out their own strategy. EU Commission should not rush to judgment on what the strategy going forward should be before these National governments figure things out because they may want to remain in the EU, as their voting percentages indicated last week.

an european says:

28/06/2016 at 11:47

Not for ungood but why have I the feel that Britain at heart still wants to remain IN !
Cameron is delaying it’s Art.50 ! Geozzy Osbourne don’t want a Brexit ! Half England regrets it and Britain regretts it !
the Petition of 3 mil of signatures is an indication of beggin’ to remain IN !!
Some Brits politicians are now asking more and more how not to leave the single market by Brexit but thus will never be possible under the base freedoms !!
The whole Britain is realizing the damage done and still coming more and more ! What’s the endresult now ! ART.50 YES or NO ?
Why don’t Cameron take that decision himself ?! What is he still waiting before taking any responibilities if the whole political outcome was done by him !
The markets won’t rest in peace by uncertainety and still plummeting decling Pond at lowest downgrading the whole uk losing jobs .. ! Now what ?!?

an european says:

29/06/2016 at 11:37

The Link is a propaganda by an Anti-european media ! Neither is the Eurozone federal nor Confederal nor has real executive power and the Facts are there ! All those economic slowdowns are becasuse there is no fiscal discipline at all and impossible to achieve but the Eurozone must have stipulated base federal rules under the EMU inluded the single market which still lacks ! nothing more ! It doesn’t need brick and brocks or cul des sacks just and simple the necessary rules .
The USSR was a full and heavily centralized military power basically everything under state rules called –> communism like North -Korea so please don’t compare it !
Therefore the UDSSR had to step down onto Federalism which is still by far more centralized than the U.S. under bi-federalism.
Most strongest economies have federal systems with less restrictions to exports goods outside unlike restriced economies in Europe !
Amazon is a good example on discrepancies which reins economic discrepancies inside Europe ! Unlike Amazon.com you’re free to buy where you want wheatever states the goods comes from! Whilst inside the E.U. you’re on restricted to buy depending where you live wether you buy on Amazon.de /fr / es /co.uk !
Now look the same produkt on Amazoin.de and amazon.fr you will notice that .de is always cheaper ! So that works well for Germany and bad for France ! Inside competion is killing and often they don’t sell outside their territory ! only a Baby example ! Therefore only Unity can solve those problems !

E Pluribus Unum

eusebio manuel says:

29/06/2016 at 16:21

In urban areas of high density people tend to be more Democratic and in rural areas people tend to be more fascist and populist The license of Trumpism Bristish was based on lies If it had been a Parliamentary election the result would be null Stop Brexit in Europe

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