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French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi address a press conference ahead of talks following the Brexit referendum at the chancellery in Berlin, on June 27, 2016.(Photo: JOHN MACDOUGALL, AFP/Getty Images)
LONDON —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Outgoing British Prime Minister David Cameron will meet with European Union leaders in Brussels on Tuesday for the first time since the United Kingdom voted to leave the bloc.
Cameron said the U.K. would seek to retain the "strongest possible" economic ties with the EU. He ruled out a second referendum Monday, after an online petition seeking another<span style="color: Red;">*</span>vote was signed by more than 3 million people.
The leaders of France, Germany and Italy said that no talks on leaving the bloc could<span style="color: Red;">*</span>be held until the U.K. invokes Article 50 of the EU treaty, which triggers the exit process<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— "Brexit."
Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— the EU's executive<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— banned any informal negotiations Tuesday and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said Britain must clarify its position as soon as possible.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"We cannot allow ourselves to remain in a prolonged period of uncertainty,” he said.
German leader Angela Merkel said the U.K.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“cannot expect to have no more obligations but keep privileges” of ties with the bloc.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the British capital needs more autonomy<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to protect the economy.
Cameron said he would step down as prime minister by October and the Brexit details<span style="color: Red;">*</span>should be worked out by his successor. Lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party voted for nominations to replace him<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to open Wednesday, which would put a new leader in place by Sept. 2.
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Nigel Farage —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the leader of the U.K.Independence Party and a prominent “leave” campaigner — <span style="color: Red;">*</span>was booed by members of the European Parliament at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>an emergency session<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to discuss Brexit on Tuesday.
"When I came here 17 years ago and I said that I wanted to lead a campaign go get Britain out of the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>European Union, you all laughed at me. Well, I have to say, you’re not laughing now, are you?" said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Farage,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a member of the European Parliament for southeastern England.
After Farage applauded a statement by Juncker that Europe must respect British democracy,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Juncker told him: "That’s the last time you are applauding here.”
“To some extent I am really surprised that you are here,” Juncker added. "You were fighting for the exit, the British people voted in favor of the exit. Why are you here?”
Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 stock index rebounded Tuesday to gain 2.3%<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to 6,117.22 while most<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Asian stock markets slipped.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The British pound rose 1% to $1.3341.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. and European stocks fell<span style="color: Red;">*</span>sharply for a second day Monday as the Brexit fallout continued.
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, faced a vote of no confidence Tuesday after a revolt by party members who accused him of failing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to adequately<span style="color: Red;">*</span>back "remain.”
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An EU official said Monday that English will no longer be one of the bloc’s official languages after Britain leaves the alliance.
“We have a regulation … where every EU country has the right to notify one official language,” said Danuta Hübner, the head<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee. “The Irish have notified Gaelic, and the Maltese have notified Maltese, so you have only the U.K. notifying English. If we don’t have the U.K., we don’t have English.”
Scotland's leader,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Nicola Sturgeon, said she was exploring possible ways to stay in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the bloc after Scotland voted "remain" in Thursday's referendum.
Reports of migrant abuse and hate crimes rose after the vote. <span style="color: Red;">*</span>London Mayor<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sadiq Khan<span style="color: Red;">*</span>put police on heightened alert, vowing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>there would be "zero tolerance" for such acts.
The Irish foreign office said there has been a rush of passport inquiries from Britons<span style="color: Red;">*</span>desperate to retain EU citizenship.
Hjelmgaard reported from Berlin
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