Nigel Farage

EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has charged Brexit campaigners

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• published: 06 Jul 2016
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Brexit pioneers 'leaving the vessel' EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has charged Brexit campaigners Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage of stopping when things got troublesome. "The Brexit legends of yesterday are presently the miserable Brexit saints of today," he told the European Parliament. There was outrage among MEPs over the UK's 23 June vote to leave the EU. Mr Juncker talked about Leave camp "retro patriots". "Loyalists don't leave when things get troublesome, they stay," he told MEPs in Strasbourg. He additionally said he didn't comprehend why those in the Brexit camp in the UK would need to hold up before starting the formal withdrawal process. "Rather than building up the arrangement, they are leaving the vessel," he said. Boris Johnson, previous London chairman and a main Brexit campaigner, drummed up some excitement last Thursday when he hauled out of the Conservative initiative race. He had been viewed as a most loved to supplant David Cameron as gathering pioneer and leader. UK Independence Party (UKIP) pioneer Nigel Farage surrendered on Monday, saying he needed his "life back", as he had satisfied his political aspiration of putting the UK on a way to exit from the EU, nicknamed "Brexit". Mr Farage has conflicted more than once with Mr Juncker in the European Parliament. Brexiteers blame the Commission for directing strategy to the UK and growing its forces to the drawback of Europe's residents. The Commission drafts EU laws and polices the coalition's directions. Once the Leave camp's triumph was clear, David Cameron surrendered, having driven the Remain camp's endeavor to keep the UK in the 28-country coalition. Brexit: What happens now? The UK's EU vote: All you have to know Five difficulties for UK leaving the EU UK "given way" Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told MEPs that the Brexit vote was "to a great degree lamentable", particularly for the UK. "That nation now has caved in – politically, financially, fiscally and intrinsically, and you will have years in front of you to escape this wreckage." The submission result brought on political and financial turmoil in the UK. The pound drooped to a 31-year low against the US dollar and there are fears that the UK is setting out toward a retreat once more. The outcome additionally hit stocks, particularly banks and housebuilders, and the FTSE 100 record stays more than 8% down in dollar terms. UKIP delegate pioneer Paul Nuttall told MEPs that "the UK and Europe are joined by topography, society history and exchange and that won't change". He said "it's basic that we are great, solid, exchanging neighbors". "We require transactions led in an adult way so we can get the best arrangement for everybody." EU Council denounced The leader of the liberal gathering in the parliament, previous Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, assailed the European Council, the discussion where EU governments choose arrangement. He said the Council's response to Brexit was "we shouldn't change anything, simply actualize existing European arrangements". "I locate this stunning and flighty," he said furiously. There had been cautioning signs for the EU from past choices in Denmark and the Netherlands, he said. "What are you sitting tight for? At the point when will the Council perceive that this kind of EU – you can't protect it any more. Europe should be improved… European residents are not against Europe, they're against this Europe."