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PANICKED European leaders struggled to find a coherent response to Thursday’s Leave vote by the British public.
Unelected European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker held crisis discussions with European Parliament president Martin Schulz, European Council president Donald Tusk and Dutch PM Mark Rutte yesterday morning.
The leaders vowed “to give effect to this decision of the British people as soon as possible, however painful that process may be,” — effectively making an example of Britain as a warning to others tempted to leave the undemocratic bloc.
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT