EU faces Brexit ‘contagion’ as populist parties across Europe call for referendums
By Peter Foster, europe editor, berlin Nick Squires, rome Richard Orange, malmo
Telegraph.co.uk
24 JUNE 2016
Populist and Eurosceptic parties across Europe moved to capitalise on the UK’s decision to vote for Brexit by congratulating Britain on its vote for “freedom” and calling for referendums on EU membership to be held in their own countries.
“Victoire de la liberte!” – “Victory for Liberty!” declared Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front party as she welcomed the news from across the Channel, putting a Union flag on her Twitter account in a statement of French fraternity for English euroscepticism.
Ms Le Pen, who is expected to reach at least the second round run-off for France’s presidential election next year, then called for “the same referendum in France and other EU countries” in a rallying cry to her own nationalist political base.
Her call for a referendum was echoed by the leaders of similar populist parties in Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Italy as the news of the British decision reverberated around the chancelleries and political salons of Europe.
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