– Economic concern –
EU leaders have warned Britain – the world’s fifth-largest economy – that there would be no turning back from a vote to quit.
“Out is out,” European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday, dismissing any talk of a post-vote renegotiation of Britain’s membership terms.
EU leaders will begin a two-day summit Tuesday to deal with the outcome and decide how to cope with the risk of similar referendums on the continent.
In many European countries, newspapers pleaded “Please don’t go” while several monuments were lit up with the British flag.
The referendum battle was shaken by the brutal murder of Jo Cox, a pro-“Remain” Labour lawmaker and mother of two who was stabbed and shot in the street one week before the vote.
Thomas Mair, 52, has been charged with her murder and had a provisional trial date set for November at a court hearing on Thursday.
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