Photo: DPAGerman Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Friday that the UK vote reflected popular discontent over Prime Minister Theresa May's hard Brexit strategy, which he said should be reconsidered. Manfred Weber, head of Angela Merkel’s Union alliance in the European Parliament, tweeted that “the clock is ticking for Brexit. Oettinger also said that he did even think the Brexit referendum last summer was solely about the UK leaving the EU. Michael Roth, Germany’s Europe Minister, tweeted that he was “so proud of young British who voted for Europe, social justice and solidarity! I'm so proud of young British who voted for #Europe, social justice and solidarity!

Source: The Local June 09, 2017 07:28 UTC