Passos Coelho says Europe will not be the same whatever the outcome – Daily News – Lisbon

PSD leader defends the need to reinforce Europe’s commitment

The President of the PSD, Pedro Passos Coelho, He reiterated today that after the referendum in the UK to stay in the European Union, “Europe will not be the same” and advocated the need to strengthen European commitment.

“after this referendum, Europe will not be the same, no matter what happens, get the output or the UK stay in the European Union. We need to really strengthen our European commitment “, said Pedro Passos Coelho told reporters on the sidelines of the presentation of a JSD magazine in Lisbon .

“the risk of other types of referendums can prove to be raised in other countries is a very clear risk. the exercise must not allow us to scare, as I conceive a Europe of nations and countries independents who have sovereignty to make decisions on these matters, “he argued.

” If perhaps in Europe a large number of countries were to reject the European project, I do not believe Europe live better and that all the Europeans had a horizon of greater prosperity, greater control over the decisions of his life in the global world we live in, “he said.

” on the contrary, it would be a very serious setback. Europe is becoming less central in the global world and one of the ways to strengthen this central role is to strengthen the European project, taking all the consequences of what has worked less well and what motivates often dissatisfaction levels for Brussels and the European Union, “added

in the referendum today is put the question.” should the United Kingdom remain the European Union member or leave the EU “, pointing out one of two options -” stay in European Union “or” Exit the European Union. “

the counting of votes began in 382 areas where polling stations were divided, at 22:00, after 15 hours of voting.

One last survey points to the maintenance of the United Kingdom in the European Union. the survey, conducted by YouGov, shows 52% in favor of continuing and 48% against and encompassed 5,000 interviews conducted over the Internet.