"The decision has been taken, it cannot be delayed and it cannot be cancelled, now they have to face the consequences," Mr Hollande told reporters on the sidelines of the Battle of the Somme centenary ceremonies in northern France.
He said: "Being in the European Union has advantages. And that's ... what the British are starting to understand. Those who were tempted by the Brexit are starting to think it over."
He said that a speedy Brexit "would avert all the uncertainties and instability, especially in the economic and financial domains. The faster it goes, the better it will be for them."
Earlier, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom underlined that detailed talks on a new trading relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union should not start until after the process of leaving politically under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which could last up to two years.
In a BBC interview, Ms Malmstrom said the UK could not begin negotiating terms for doing business with the bloc until after it has formally left.
EU officials say the UK's options will refine themselves into a Norway-style package that keeps it within the single market - subject to EU rules and regulations - or a bespoke "third country" deal similar to one completed with Canada.
Ms Malmstrom said after Brexit, the UK could become a "third country" in EU terms, meaning trade would be carried out based on World Trade Organisation rules until a new deal was complete.
- The recent trade deal with Canada took seven years to negotiate.
Meanwhile, British Chancellor George Osborne has said the economy is showing "clear signs" of shock in the aftermath of the referendum result.
The Chancellor - who strongly backed a Remain vote in last week's referendum - said a "supreme national effort" will be needed to overcome the fallout from the Brexit vote.
He also said he was no longer sticking to his once centrepiece policy of turning the country's budget deficit into a surplus by 2020.
"The government must provide fiscal credibility, so we will continue to be tough on the deficit but we must be realistic about achieving a surplus by the end of this decade," Mr Osborne said in a speech.
His comments came as former prime minister Tony Blair called for "serious statesmanship" in the talks with the EU that will shape the future of the UK.
He warned "our nation is in peril" after the Brexit vote, and he said negotiations on the UK's future relationship with the other countries would be of "extraordinary complexity".
Mr Blair urged the contenders in the Tory leadership race to act with "genuine patriotic regard" to the country's future as he accepted his own party was "effectively disabled".
More than half of all Britons believe the country's position in the world (51%) and economy (54%) have got worse since the vote to leave the European Union, a poll has found.
- Conservative candidate Gove says no article 50 this year
Leading Brexit campaigner Michael Gove said he did not expect Britain to trigger article 50 this year.
Mr Gove made the comment during a news conference setting out his plans should he win the contest to lead the ruling Conservative Party and become the next prime minister.
"One of the reasons I said 'not in this calendar year' is that I think we need to have some preliminary conversations - I wouldn't say negotiations - so I wouldn't want to put a timetable on it," he said.
"We control the timing of when we trigger Article 50 and we will do it when we're good and ready."
Mr Gove is one of five Conservative politicians to put their name forward to replace David Cameron as party leader and prime minister.
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"Metterò fine alla libera circolazione", è il primo punto del programma del ministro della Giustizia britannico Michael Gove, candidato alla leadership Tory, in alternativa alla collega di governo Theresa May. "Introdurrò un sistema di punti all'australiana e ridurrò i numeri" degli immigrati, ha annunciato il sostenitore del Leave...
ReplyDelete"Garantirò che onoreremo le indicazioni che il popolo britannico ci ha dato. Nella campagna per il referendum ho sostenuto cambiamenti specifici, credo in essi e li realizzerò. Le promesse di lasciare l'Unione europea, porre fine alla supremazia dell'Ue e riprendere il controllo della nostra democrazia, con il mio impegno saranno rispettate". Ha però sottolineato che non c'è alcuna "aspettativa" di invocare l'articolo 50 del Trattato di Lisbona, se non dopo lunghe trattative, quindi "non entro il 2016", come invece chiede di fare l'Ue. Infatti il presidente della Commissione Ue Jean Claude Juncker chiede chiarimenti sulle intenzioni della Gran Bretagna, ribadendo la posizione dell'Unione: "Sulla cosiddetta Brexit, vogliamo essere chiari, non ci saranno negoziati prima della notifica e invitiamo le autorità britanniche a rendere chiare le loro intenzioni. Non abbiamo tempo da perdere. Non possiamo aggiungere incertezza ad incertezza. Vorremmo sapere dove ci stiamo dirigendo".
Anche il presidente francese François Hollande, dopo un colloquio con il premier inglese uscente David Cameron ha ricordato che la Brexit non può essere né "rinviata" né "annullata". "Dopo la notifica da parte del prossimo primo ministro si entrerà in un fase di negoziato che non durerà più di due anni, più presto si farà meglio è". Una volta terminati i negoziati "la Gran Bretagna otterrà uno statuto, non sarà più nell'Ue ma potrà, rispettando alcune condizioni che dovranno essere negoziate, essere legata al mercato unico", ha concluso Hollande: "Questo è nell'interesse della Gran Bretagna ma evidentemente ci saranno delle conseguenze: non si possono avere gli stessi vantaggi quando si è fuori dell'Unione di quando si è dentro".....repubblica.it
UK and EU politicians have given very different accounts of how the UK's Brexit negotiations should proceed...
ReplyDeleteThe EU's Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmstrom, says the UK cannot begin negotiating trade terms with the bloc until after it has left.
"First you exit then you negotiate," she told BBC Newsnight.
But the BBC understands other EU Commission officials privately believe it is "inconceivable" that trade talks would not start before the UK's exit.
One of the candidates to be next UK prime minister, Liam Fox, called Ms Malmstrom's stance "bizarre and stupid", saying the Brexit talks would include trade.
But the BBC's Chris Morris in Brussels says Ms Malmstrom's view of two consecutive sets of negotiations appears technically correct.....http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36682735