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The remaining 27 EU leaders along with Juncker will meet in Bratislava on 16 September to discuss the EU's future. (Photo: Flickr/eu2016sk)

Brexit is 'not the end of the world' for EU

A week after the UK referendum, the bloc's leaders seem to be coming to terms with British voters' decision to leave the EU.

"Brexit is not a tragedy, simply reality," Slovak prime minister Robert Fico summarised on Thursday.


At a press conference in Bratislava on Friday (1 July) to launch Slovakia's six-month EU presidency, Fico and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker stressed that the EU was waiting for Britain to notify its intention to exit.

"We have no ti...

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