Merkel dashes hopes of a second Brexit vote: “No time for wishful thinking”
Hopes of a second referendum on the UK’s decision to leave the EU were dashed yesterday by the 28 country organisation’s de facto leader, German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Hopes of a second referendum on the UK’s decision to leave the EU were dashed yesterday by the 28 country organisation’s de facto leader, German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The excellence of the Leave campaign certainly isn’t the reason. Advocates of Brexit made a weak case, unable to say what leaving the EU would mean for the country.
In a bid to stay in the euro, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to meet most of the demands made by creditors in exchange for a bailout of 53.5 billion euros.
Greek Prime Minister Tsipras, shored up his domestic position and claimed he’d gained leverage over creditors by winning the anti- austerity referendum.