GLOBALISTS SPIRAL
EU must stop others following Britain out of the door, Merkel warns amid market fears bloc is 'no longer governable' after Brexit
- German Chancellor says it is necessary to prevent others copying Britain
- Financial markets fear EU is 'no longer governable' after Brexit, she said
- Merkel is due to meet with French President Francois Hollande later today
Published: 06:09 EST, 27 June 2016 | Updated: 09:12 EST, 27 June 2016
Angela Merkel has said the EU needs to stop other countries following Britain out of the door amid market fears that the bloc is 'no longer governable' after Brexit.
The German Chancellor told her conservative party board in a conference call that it was necessary to prevent other European Union members going down the same path as Britain.
Merkel is also said to have revealed that international financial markets are concerned the EU is 'no longer governable' in the wake of Britain's exit vote.
Angela Merkel (pictured with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman in Berlin today) has said the EU needs to stop other countries following Britain out of the door amid market fears that the bloc is 'no longer governable' after Brexit
Angela Merkel has urged the EU to prevent other countries following Britain out of the door amid market dears that the bloc is 'no longer governable' after Brexit
German chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman review a military guard of honour before talks at the chancellery in Berlin today
Merkel (pictured today) is also said to have revealed that international financial markets are concerned the EU is 'no longer governable' in the wake of Britain's exit vote
She added that it was not the right time to pursue a quick deepening of cooperation between euro zone member states.
The EU should instead act on popular concerns such as securing the bloc's borders, creating jobs and improve internal security, she said.
Her comments were reported by two sources who took part in a telephone conference of the board of the Christian Democratic Union.
A German government spokesman said today there will be no informal discussions between Britain and the European Union before the British government has invoked formal divorce proceedings.
Steffen Seibert, spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel, said the UK first needed to make the formal Article 50 request - the legal mechanism for the withdrawal of a member state from the EU.
'One thing is clear: before Britain has sent this request there will be no informal preliminary talks about the modalities of leaving,' he said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) welcomes European Council President Donald Tusk (right) for talks at the chancellery in Berlin
French President Francois Hollande (right) escorts European Parliament President Martin Schulz after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris
French President Francois Hollande, left, welcomes European Council President Donald Tusk, prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris today
'Only when Britain has made the request according to Article 50 will the European Council draw up guidelines in consensus for an exit agreement,' he added.
Guenther Oettinger, a German member of the EU's executive European Commission, also issued a warning.
'Every day of uncertainty prevents investors from putting their funds into Britain, and also other European markets,' he told Deutschlandfunk radio. 'Cameron and his party will cause damage if they wait until October.'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has taken a softer line. She says she will not battle now over the timeframe and has underlined the need to continue a positive trade relationship with Britain, a big market for German carmakers and other manufacturers.
But a Merkel ally, Volker Kauder, made clear the exit negotiations would not be easy. 'There will be no special treatment, there will be no gifts,' Kauder, who leads Merkel's conservatives in parliament, told ARD television.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are meeting in Berlin later today with EU President Donald Tusk and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Hollande is pictured at a meeting in Paris earlier today
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has said Brussels can't afford to spend a 'year on procedures' for Britain's exit from the European Union
Speaking on the Today programme, German MP Michael Fuchs, a senior ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, made it clear things were going to have to change.
He said: 'Either you are in a club or you are out of a club. If you are in a club you have to follow the rules. If you are out of the club, there will be different rules.
When asked whether it would be possible for Britain to retain access to the single market, he added: 'It will be possible, of course, but not for free.
'You have to see with Norway, with Switzerland, you have to pay a certain fee. And the per capita fee of Norway is exactly the same as what Britain is now paying into the EU. So there won't be any savings.'
Today, Merkel said she understands that Britain may need 'a certain amount of time to analyse things' regarding its departure from the EU but adds that a 'long-term suspension' of the question wouldn't be in either side's economic interest.
BRUSSELS SHOULD DITCH ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FRENCH MAYOR CLAIMS
A French mayor has called for Brussels to ditch its use of the English language after Britain voted to leave the European Union.
English is one of 24 'official languages' of the EU while it is also one of the 'working languages' used to conduct every day business.
But Robert Ménard, the mayor of the southern French town of Béziers, believes English now no longer has 'any legitimacy' in Brussels in the wake of the Brexit vote.
Meanwhile, the left-wing presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon said English can no longer be the 'third working language of the European Parliament'.
Robert Ménard, the mayor of the southern French town of Béziers, has called for Brussels to ditch its use of the English language after Britain voted to leave the European Union
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Ménard believes English now no longer has 'any legitimacy' in Brussels in the wake of the Brexit vote
According to The Local, 51 per cent of EU citizens can speak English as a first or second language while just over a quarter can speak French and nearly a third can speak German.
Despite Thursday's exit vote, it appears unlikely English would be axed altogether in Brussels since it is also the official language of both Ireland and Malta - both members of the EU.
In 2013, an EU report revealed that English had squeezed out every other language in the competition to become the common tongue of Europe.
It found that English is the most popular foreign language in all but five European countries, and all of those are small nations that use the language of their larger neighbours.
The report also found that two out of three people across the continent have at least a fair working knowledge of English.
The report published by the EU statistics arm Eurostat suggested that the dominance of English was likely to become even greater in the future.
It found that 94 per cent of secondary school pupils and 83 per cent of primary age pupils across the EU are learning English as their first foreign language, more than four times as many as learn French, German or Spanish. Only in Britain and Ireland is French the top foreign language in schools.
She wouldn't comment on whether it's acceptable for London to wait until October, as David Cameron plans.
Meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are meeting in Berlin later today with EU President Donald Tusk and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, ahead of an EU-wide summit Tuesday and Wednesday.
Renzi has said Brussels can't afford to spend a 'year on procedures' for Britain's exit from the European Union.
Briefing the Senate on Monday, Renzi noted the EU 'spent a year on negotiations' aimed at satisfying Britain ahead of last week's referendum.
The EU summit this week on Britain's departure 'won't be the last' in Renzi's view. But he says those meetings must concentrate on 'the relaunching of Europe, not just procedures.'
Renzi says 'pluck, lucidity and intelligence' is needed by European leaders, adding now's not the time for improvisation.
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