The UK approached on Friday of EU output, with 51.69% of votes in favor of Brexit after the determination in 200 of the 382 electoral districts of the referendum held the day before, which is causing panic in . markets
the leader of Brexit Nigel Farage declared confident in EU output before the calculation of the trend: “I now dare to dream of a United Kingdom independent.”
In Newcastle, first city to disseminate results, stay in the EU won by a small margin, but much lower than expected favorable to stay in the EU, with 50.7% against 49.3%.
Already in Sunderland, another city in northern England, the output of the European group won a wide margin, by 61.34%, against 38.66%.
Scotland and large cities voted by staying in the EU, surpassing forecasts, but entire regions of central and southern England and Wales, supported mass exit block.
London, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Liverpool voted in favor of the EU, but cities of tradition and working fishing ports gave a resounding ‘no’ to stay in the EU.
the trend of determination brought down the British pound, which was quoted at $ 1.5 at closing the ballot box and fell to $ 1.34 in late morning on Friday in Asian markets, the lowest value since 1985.
the Asian markets were dominated by instability, with the Tokyo Stock Exchange opened for high 0.59%, but reversing the trend to fall 5% with the first official results.
British bookmakers changed their trend early on Friday and began to anticipate the victory of Brexit.
after the polls closed at 21h00 GMT (18h00 GMT), the London bookmakers pointed (90%) the victory of the United Kingdom staying in the European Union, but a few hours later the trend was 60% in favor of output block.
After two months of a tough and tense campaign, which had the most dramatic moment of the murder of Mrs labor and pro-EU Jo Cox, 46.5 million voters answered the following question: “the UK should remain a member of the EU or leave the European Union”
polling places opened the doors at 7am (3pm GMT) and closed at 22h? (18h GMT), which was followed by the start of the vote count.
the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, who has called the referendum and plays his political future in the consultation voted in central London early and made no statement.
Never a large country left the EU since the birth of the European project in the 1950s, when nations were still alive under the rubble of World War II, and half of the continent was ruled by dictatorships. Currently, the EU comprises 28 democratic countries.
The UK joined the bloc in 1973 and, two years later, he organized a referendum to silence the Eurosceptics with permanence victory. The vote Thursday hardly will end this debate
“We are in uncharted territory,” said Professor Chris Bickerton, the University of Cambridge and author of “The European Union: A Citizen’s Guide”..
“the output would be a very serious blow to the EU. long morale was not as low in Brussels,” he added.
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