United Kingdom votes to leave the EU, Prime Minister Cameron to resign

“I’d like it immediately”, he said.

Juncker added that the separation was “not an amicable divorce”, insisting “it was not exactly a tight love affair anyway”. For example, British Prime Minister David Cameron was so disappointed in the outcome of the vote that he announced his planned resignation from office on Friday.

And they demanded that Great Britain begin negotiations to leave the European Union immediately rather than in October as British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants.

A senior European Union leader has confirmed that the group wants Britain to start negotiations for its exit and leave the bloc as soon as possible, warning that David Cameron’s decision to delay the start of negotiations until his successor is in place in October may not be acceptable.

Meanwhile, a British opposition lawmaker says Parliament should stop the “madness” and overturn the result of the referendum.

The UK parliament considers all petitions that get more than 100,000 signatures for a debate.

Amid the confusion and uncertainty, credit agency Moody’s announced it had downgraded the United Kingdom’s credit outlook to “negative”.

The president said that the two countries would stay close to ensure “economic growth and financial stability”.

And this is just the beginning. “But the United States — having a longstanding friendship with the United Kingdom, one of the world’s greatest Democracies — we fully respect the decision they have made”.

“We must not resort to hectic activity, and act as if all the answers are ready. But after the British decision, we mustn’t lapse into depression and inactivity”.

“I will do everything I can as prime minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months”, a somber Cameron said outside 10 Downing St.

Later, three of Europe’s most prominent leaders – EU President Donald Tusk, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel – will meet in Berlin.

“I think the period of uncertainty we’re going to have for the next few months has been magnified, so I’m quite anxious”, he said.

Such talk worries European Union officials and leaders who fear that a prolonged haggling with London will further increase the risk of a domino effect of nationalist-led demands for exit from other states. What we do know is that the Brexit will continue to have significant ramifications once it’s put into action.

Steinmeier said there is a need to “show the people of Europe that Europe is important, and not only important but able to carry out its work”.

There is also likely to be internal turmoil in the U.K. Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said Friday her government will start preparing legislation for a new referendum on Scotland’s independence from the U.K., after most Scots voted to stay in the EU. When the votes were counted, however, the British were squarely on the “leave” side of things, a fact which quickly stirred shock around the world. Though regions such as Northern Ireland and Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay within the European Union, overall there were far more votes against it.

He added that once outside the bloc, Britain would be a “third country” – the European Union term for non-members – in terms of trade agreements but emphasized that was “not meant negatively”.