a “march for Europe” was held Saturday, September 3 in London, Birmingham, Oxford Edinburgh or several thousand people calling for the maintenance, despite the Brexit, close relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU).
in London, around 2000 protesters left at the end of morning of Hyde Park joined in the afternoon the outskirts of the Westminster Parliament, brandishing many European flags and chanting slogans such as “Stop the Brexit” or “We need the EU”.
Among the demonstrators was actor and comedian Eddie Izzard transgender, who, during the referendum campaign, intervened with students to convince them to vote against an EU output. “We continue to fight” , he said.
“No second referendum”
These events intervened the day before a debate in Parliament on an online petition calling for the holding of a second referendum. The text had attracted over 4 million signatures online.
But British Prime Minister Theresa May, who had voted for remaining in the EU during the campaign, said that “there would be no second referendum” and that it will implement the Brexit, the timing to be defined.
M me May, however, indicated that it would not invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which launches the divorce process with the EU before the end of the year. The UK will then have two years to negotiate the terms of his departure
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