Published on 25 Jun 2016
Great
Britain is leaving the European Union. Despite numerous predictions on
UK staying in the EU the citizens surprisingly voted to leave. London,
Scotland, and Northern Ireland strived mainly for the European future,
but the whole England in total along with Wales willing for Brexit
predominated.
52% against 48 - this is the final result meaning the end to 43-year-long membership in the project of united Europe.
A
good deal of European politicians already expressed their regret on
such a decision. British Prime Minister David Cameron though voting for
the EU said he accepts the people's opinion and declared his resign no
later than mid-autumn.
Ukraine has its own interest in the
referendum outcome. Now the Ukrainians should definitely forget about
visa-free regime, according to Iryna Gerashchenko, one of Ukrainian
deputies.
Additionally Russia may win a good deal on Great
Britain leaving the European Union, since peace in Ukraine is supposedly
set to become of less interest to Brussels.
And the member of
Ukrainian delegation to PACE Volodymyr Ariyev is sure the next year
Parliamentary Assembly will steadily lift Russia sanctions. The only one
to instill optimism is the head of Ukraine's National Bank Valeriya
Gontareva. She convinces Brexit will not affect the hryvnia currency
rate.
