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Tsipras: Brexit ‘crisis’ a wake-up call to EU
European leaders seek Britain’s swift departure from bloc

GRIM-faced European Union leaders met in Brussels yesterday to deal with the “crisis” of Britain’s exit from the bloc.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said as he arrived: “Europe has reached a predictable crisis because of the democratic deficit, because of the absence of social cohesion and solidarity.”

He hoped “that the outcome of the British referendum will work as a wake-up call for Europe.”

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