The UK’s vote to leave the EU has sparked demands from far-right parties for referendums in other member states.<\/p>\n
France’s National Front leader Marine Le Pen said the French must now also have the right to choose.<\/p>\n
Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders said the Netherlands deserved a “Nexit” vote while Italy’s Northern League said: “Now it’s our turn”.<\/p>\n
The UK on Thursday voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union after 43 years, in a historic referendum.
\nAnalysts say EU politicians will fear a domino effect that could threaten the whole organisation.<\/p>\n
The EU worries Brexit could reverse 70 years of European integration.<\/p>\n
In all my years watching European politics, I have never seen such a widespread sense of Euroscepticism.<\/p>\n
Plenty of Europeans looked on with envy as Britain cast its In\/Out vote. Many of the complaints about the EU raised by the Leave campaign resonated with voters across the continent.<\/p>\n
Across Europe leading Eurosceptic politicians queued up this morning to crow about the UK referendum result.<\/p>\n
But the mood in Brussels is deeply gloomy. The Brexit vote sends screaming alarm bells, warning that the EU in its current form isn’t working.<\/p>\n
Last Friday, Ms Le Pen had told a gathering of far-right parties in Vienna: “France has possibly 1,000 more reasons to want to leave the EU than the English.”<\/p>\n
She said the EU was responsible for high unemployment and failing to keep out “smugglers, terrorists and economic migrants”.<\/p>\n
Mr Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands, said in a statement: “We want to be in charge of our own country, our own money, our own borders, and our own immigration policy.<\/p>\n
“As quickly as possible the Dutch need to get the opportunity to have their say about Dutch membership of the European Union.”<\/p>\n
The Netherlands faces a general election in March and some opinion polls suggest Mr Wilders is leading.
\nHe said: “If I become prime minister, there will be a referendum in the Netherlands on leaving the European Union. Let the Dutch people decide.”<\/p>\n
A recent Dutch survey suggested 54% of the people in the Netherlands want a referendum.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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