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pampango

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Fri Jun 24, 2016, 07:07 AM Jun 2016

European far right hails Britain's Brexit vote

Source: The Guardian

Front National leader Marine Le Pen says she is very happy ‘the British people held on and made the right choice’ to leave EU

Europe’s far-right parties hailed the UK’s vote to leave the European Union as a victory for their own anti-immigrant and anti-EU stance and vowed to push for similar referendums in their own countries.

France’s Front National (FN) saw it as a clear boost for Marine Le Pen’s presidential bid next year and momentum for the party’s anti-Europe and anti-immigration line.

The Dutch far-right and anti-immigration leader Geert Wilders called on Friday for a referendum on the Netherlands’ membership of the European Union.

In Germany, Beatrix von Storch, an MEP for rightwing populist party Alternative für Deutschland, who was recently expelled from the Tories’ party group in the European Parliament over her “shooting refugees” comments, welcomed the result.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/24/european-far-right-hails-britains-brexit-vote-marine-le-pen



On a not-unrelated note: Donald Trump in Scotland: 'Brexit a great thing'

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36606184
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European far right hails Britain's Brexit vote (Original Post) pampango Jun 2016 OP
Let's all go back to our own caves mnhtnbb Jun 2016 #1
Hey Donnie! What should the USA exit? muntrv Jun 2016 #2
Yeah, that'll stop Al Qaeda and ISIS! muntrv Jun 2016 #3
Next up, make sure the Scots go home where they belong.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2016 #4
 

Spitfire of ATJ

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4. Next up, make sure the Scots go home where they belong....
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 09:30 AM
Jun 2016

And the Welsh,...and the Irish.

They're gonna make Britain great again.

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