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
Europes far-right parties hailed the UKs 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.
Frances Front National (FN) saw it as a clear boost for Marine Le Pens presidential bid next year and momentum for the partys 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
mnhtnbb
(31,382 posts)and fu*k this tribal unity nonsense.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)And the Welsh,...and the Irish.
They're gonna make Britain great again.