mutantsushi on 27 June 2016
| LurkerJ said: Marcus Weber and Joseph Daul, who head up the European People's Party - the parliament's largest group - said: "The EU cannot be taken hostage by a Tory leadership wrangle. We need an article 50 notification now." Boris Johnson: "In voting to leave the EU it’s vital to stress that there’s no need for haste, and as the Prime Minister has just said nothing will change in the short term except work will begin on how to extricate this country from the supranational system. As the Prime Minister has said there is no need to invoke Article 50," I don't get it... |
Different people have different priorities. Angela Merkel likewise has said stuff de-emphasizing immediate abrupt changes.
EU politicians saying they "need article 50 now" doesn't mean shit, it is UK's move to make, and they are still in the EU currently.
EU itself is very fond of ignoring democratic votes as in Netherlands, or Italy's recent referendum invalidated by low turn out
(which government promoted, strange for "european democratic values"), so unclear why they aren't pushing that angle in this case.
(IMHO being that they were already sick enough of UK exemptions, and don't want further uncertainty, and ultimately are OK with UK out)
