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Tusk: Post-Brexit UK will be a 'second-rate player'
By EUobserver
The UK will lose influence in international affairs and become a "second-rate player" after it exits the EU, European Council president Donald Tusk warned on Wednesday. "Only as part of a united Europe can the UK play a global role, only together can we confront, without any complexes, the greatest powers of this world," Tusk said. Brexiteers claim the UK needs to leave the EU to become a global power.