The EU Referendum, 23 June 2016. The United Kingdom and the European Union. The results. Reaction in the EU Institutions and other EU Member States

Reports and analysis of the reactions within the EU Institutions and Member States to the result of the referendum on the 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom on its future within the EU.

The first formal discussions on the implications of the referendum decision for the UK to leave the EU would take place at the European Council, Brussels, 28-29 June 2016. However, despite calls by some EU leaders, it was not expected that the UK would invoke the Article 50 procedure at the meeting, partly due to the political turmoil in the UK itself as a result of the referendum result.

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background Guide: Draghi’s ECB ‘ready for all contingencies’ after Brexit referendum http://www.europeansources.info/record/draghis-ecb-ready-for-all-contingencies-after-brexit-referendum/

ESO: Background information: European Parliament plans extraordinary session in case of Brexit vote http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliament-plans-extraordinary-session-in-case-of-brexit-vote/

European Council: Press Release, 24.06.16: Press statement by President Donald Tusk on the outcome of the referendum in the UK http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/06/24-tusk-statement-uk-referendum/

European Parliament: Press Release, 24.06.16: President Schulz statement after EP Conference of Presidents meeting on UK referendum outcome http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160623IPR33705/

EurActiv, 24.06.16: Orban blames Brexit on Commission’s migration policies http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/orban-blames-brexit-on-commissions-migration-policies/

EurActiv, 24.06.16: Bulgarian president: If the EU collapses, there will be war http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/bulgarian-president-if-the-eu-collapses-there-will-be-war/

European Council: Statement, 24.06.16: Joint statement by Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, Mark Rutte, holder of the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU, and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, on the outcome of the United Kingdom referendum http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/06/24-joint-statement-uk-referendum/

Politico, 25.06.16: Core European Union nations want UK to leave ASAP http://www.politico.eu/article/core-european-union-nations-want-uk-to-leave-asap-brexit-germany/

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/16/2328, 24.06.16: UK Referendum on Membership of the European Union: Questions & Answers http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-2328_en.htm

EUObserver, 24.06.16: Shock, bewilderment: Brexit reactions pour in https://euobserver.com/uk-referendum/133984

Eurofound: Newsroom: Press Release, 24.06.16: Statement on the referendum of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/news/newsroom#/news/statement-on-the-referendum-of-the-united-kingdom-s-membership-of-the-european-union-171259

Politico, 24.06.16: Europe wakes up to Brexit ‘nightmare’ http://www.politico.eu/article/europe-wakes-up-to-brexit-nightmare-eu-leave-donald-tusk-manfred-weber-reaction-analysis/

BBC News, 24.06.16: Brexit: Europe stunned by UK Leave vote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36616018

The Local.fr, 25.06.16: Europe's press mourns Brexit vote http://www.thelocal.fr/20160625/europes-press-mourns-brexit-vote

Ireland: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: News, 24.06.16: Government statement on the outcome of the UK EU referendum http://www.merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/News/Government_statement_on_the_outcome_of_the_UK_EU_referendum.html

ECB: Press Release, 24.06.16: ECB is closely monitoring financial markets https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2016/html/pr160624.en.html

The Conversation, 24.06.16: Brexit: global reaction to Britain’s vote to leave the EU https://theconversation.com/brexit-global-reaction-to-britains-vote-to-leave-the-eu-61399?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Brexit%20special&utm_content=Brexit%20special+CID_5715ac2e52ec1bc8736c8630fceba7aa&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Brexit%20global%20reaction%20to%20Britains%20vote%20to%20leave%20the%20EU

Euro|Topics: Debates, June 2016: British vote for Brexit http://www.eurotopics.net/en/161400/british-vote-for-brexit

Politico, 26.06.16: Brussels bickers over Brexit http://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-bickers-over-brexit-eu-leaders-uk-article-50/

Politico, 27.06.16: Meet the (divided) committee to save Europe http://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-eu-referendum-meet-the-divided-committee-to-save-europe/

Euro|Topics: Debates, June 2016: EU founding states shaping new Union http://www.eurotopics.net/en/161497/eu-founding-states-shaping-new-union

Committee of the Regions: Press Release, 24.06.16: Statement by the European Committee of the Regions' President Markku Markkula on the UK referendum on membership of the European Union http://cor.europa.eu/en/news/Pages/Statement-by-CoR-President-Markkula-on-UK-referendum.aspx

Germany: Federal Foreign Office: Information Service: Press Release, 25.06.16: Common Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg and the Netherlands http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Infoservice/Presse/Meldungen/2016/160625_Gemeinsam_Erklaerung_Gruenderstaatentreffen_ENG_VERSION.html

European Economic and Social Committee: Press Release, 24.06.16: Statement by EESC president Georges Dassis on the outcome of the British referendum http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.president-statements.39785

EurActiv, 28.06.16: Lithuania seeks to preserve UK ties against Russia http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/lithuania-seeks-to-preserve-uk-ally-against-russia/

Politico, 28.06.16: What the EU will tell David Cameron http://www.politico.eu/article/what-the-eu-will-tell-british-prime-minister-uk-brexit-article-50david-cameron/

EP: EPRS: At a Glance, 28.06.16: UK withdrawal from the EU – Next steps http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2016/583855/EPRS_ATA(2016)583855_EN.pdf

ECFR: Podcast, 26.07.16: ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Brexit - the view from Brussels http://www.ecfr.eu/podcasts/episode/ecfrs_world_in_30_minutes_brexit_the_view_from_brussels

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