What will happen next — European Union referendum result

I think it’s been- the period of uncertainty that we’re going to have for the next couple of months, I think that’s just been magnified now.

Juncker said the split was “not an amicable divorce” – adding that it was never “a tight love affair anyway”.

Will Britain’s European workers have to leave? . The EU’s trade agreement with Canada took seven years to negotiate and still isn’t ratified. Because Britain isn’t part of Europe’s borderless Schengen zone, you’re already checked at entrance points in EU-member nations.

Donald Tusk, the former Polish premier, who chairs the regular summits of European Union leaders, said the bloc was prepared for the fallout.

For the first 7½ years of his presidency, Barack Obama could rely on the United Kingdom to back him up at almost every turn, knowing British leaders had both the global clout and shared perspective to be powerful US partners.

Even if the new British Prime Minister triggers the Article 50, Britain need not necessarily leave the European Union after two years. If Boris Johnson, one of the leading voices of the “Leave” campaign, becomes the leader, Brexit talks are likely to be expedited.

With wife Samantha by his side, Cameron concluded his statement on an emotional note, saying: “I love this country and I feel honoured to have served it and I will do everything I can in future to help this great country succeed”.

While most expected the referendum to be a close call, the end result to leave the European Union was not the predicted outcome.

“The failure of the British government” has opened up “the possibility of the crumbling of Europe”, Macron said at a debate in Paris. We will stand strong and uphold the EU’s core values of promoting peace and the well-being of its peoples.

Speaking in Quebec City, where he was attending celebrations for the province’s national holiday, St-Jean-Baptiste Day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau struck a cautiously optimistic tone. A two-year deadline makes this even harder.

Article 50 says that “a Member State which decides to withdraw shall notify the European Council (the 28 leaders of the EU member states, led by EU President Donald Tusk) of its intention”.

“Politicians say what they want to say”.

Britain’s “leave” campaigners have been accused of lacking a plan for the aftermath of a victory. “David Cameron’s place in history is now assured. New PM will need to analyze options and have informal talks”. Taking a somber tone unusual for the flamboyant former London mayor, he described the European Union as a noble idea which was no longer right for Britain.

Remember, back in April, Obama said a successful Brexit would move Britain to the “back of the queue” when it came to trade deals with the United States. “He has been one of the most extraordinary politicians of our age, a courageous and principled man”, said Johnson, who seems to be the most likely successor of Cameron.

As stock markets tumbled the day after the unexpected vote, Obama offered words of calm and continuity, saying the the shocking vote would disrupt neither the “enduring” bond between the USA and the United Kingdom nor American support for the European alliance.

But while The Daily Express celebrated the the vote, The Daily Mirror asked “So what the hell happens now?” By then, the fre- trade agreement should be in force and erasing reference to the United Kingdom shouldn’t be hard. The vote also ensured that, despite his high-profile aim of strengthening worldwide alliances, he will leave office with the European Union diminished and under threat of further unraveling.

An emotional Cameron, who led the Remain campaign to defeat, losing the gamble he took when he called the referendum three years ago, said he would leave office by October. In Obama’s call with Merkel, both “said they regretted the decision but respected the will of the British people”, the White House said.

“Drawing any hasty or easy conclusions from the referendum in Britain would only divide Europe further”.