Brexit spreads across Europe: Italy, France, Holland and Denmark ALL call for referendums

Brexit spreads across Europe: Italy, France, Holland and Denmark ALL call for referendums

POLITICIANS across Europe have called for their own European referendums, just one day before Britons head to the polls.

By Katie Mansfield
PUBLISHED: 14:35, Wed, Jun 22, 2016 | UPDATED: 14:48, Wed, Jun 22, 2016

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Italy's Luigi Di Maio has called for a referendum as France, Holland and Denmark follow Britain
Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star movement has called for a referendum on whether to keep the Euro. 

Buoyed by big gains in local elections, Luigi Di Maio, a vice president of the lower house of parliament, said: "We want a consultative referendum on the Euro. 

“The Euro as it is today does not work. We either have alternative currencies or a 'Euro 2’.

The mere fact that a country like Great Britain is holding a referendum on whether to leave the EU signals the failure of the European Union
Luigi Di Maio

"We entered the European Parliament to change many treaties.

“We are now waiting for the results of the Brexit referendum. 

“The mere fact that a country like Great Britain is holding a referendum on whether to leave the EU signals the failure of the European Union.

The 5-Star movement has called for two different currencies in Europe, one for the rich northern countries another for southern nations.

While any such referendums on the EU or the Euro would be merely test public opinion because Italian law does not allow referendums to change international treaties, a victory would send a clear signal to the government.

The group pressed its case after winning 19 of the 20 mayoral elections where it had reached the run-off stage last Sunday, including the capital Rome and the northern industrial city of Turin.

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Luigi Di Maio wants a referendum on whether Italy should keep the Euro
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Marine Le Pen backs Brexit and has called for France to hold its own referendum
The results dealt a significant blow to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party and were hailed by supporters of 5-Star as a possible springboard to national government.

National Front party leader Marine Le Pen promised France their own referendum as she declared her support for the Brexit campaign. 

She said: “I would vote for Brexit, even if I think that France has a thousand more reasons to leave than the UK. 

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Concerns have been raised the EU is on the verge of collapse
“Because we have the euro and Schengen. Whatever the result, it shows the EU is decaying, that there are cracks everywhere.”

Fears have been raised Brexit could lead to the entire break-up of Europe. 

The leader of the far-right Danish People’s Party says Denmark should follow Britain’s lead and hold a referendum on its membership. 

Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahls said if the Danish parliament cannot agree on reforms with the EU a referendum could give Denmark a new opportunity. 


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He said: “If a majority in parliament for some reason will not be involved in this, why not ask the Danes in a referendum decide the case?” 
If Denmark goes ahead, Irene Wennemo, state secretary to Sweden's minister for employment, said the anti-EU sentiment could spread through Scandinavia and raise the possibility of a vote in Sweden. 
Eurosceptic feeling is said to be on the rise in the Netherlands, with two-thirds of voters rejecting a Ukraine-EU treaty on closer political and economic ties. 
Anti-EU politician Geert Wilders declared the result the “beginning of the end” for the Dutch government and the EU.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/682339/Brexit-spreads-across-Europe-Italy-France-Holland-Denmark-all-call-for-referendums