Brexit: Johnson addresses British as UK leaves EU, Merkel, Macron react
Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed an “astonishing moment” as Britain formally left the European Union after 47 years on Friday.UK is the first country to leave the bloc.from the bloc.
“For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope, a moment they thought would never come,” Johnson said in a speech broadcast via his Facebook.“And then of course there is a third group – perhaps the biggest – who had started to worry that the whole political wrangle would never come to an end.
“We have obeyed the people [who voted for Brexit in a 2016 referendum,” he said, adding: “We have taken back the tools of self-government.”“A historic alarm signal that must sound in all our countries, that must be heard by all of Europe and make us reflect,” French President Emmanuel Macron said.
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