European Union prepared for ‘negative scenario’ of Brexit vote, says Donald Tusk

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Britain&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;historic&&num;8221&semi; vote to leave the European Union should not provoke hysterical reactions and the bloc is prepared for Brexit&comma; European Council president Donald Tusk has said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Tusk said he was fully aware of how dramatic a moment it is and warned that it was impossible to predict what happens next&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;There&&num;8217&semi;s no hiding the fact that we wanted a different outcome of yesterday&&num;8217&semi;s referendum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I am fully aware of how serious or even dramatic this moment is politically&period; And there is no way of predicting all the political consequences of this event&comma; especially for the UK&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It is a historic moment but for sure not a moment for hysterical reactions&period; I want to reassure everyone that we are prepared also for this negative scenario&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As you will know the EU is not only a fairweather project&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Tusk said the other leaders were &&num;8220&semi;determined to keep our unity as 27&&num;8221&semi; but would have to have a &&num;8220&semi;wider reflection&&num;8221&semi; about the EU&&num;8217&semi;s future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;For all of us the union is the framework of our common future&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said &&num;8211&semi; amid speculation that the UK vote could have a domino effect and prompt similar votes in other countries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said he had offered EU leaders an informal meeting in the margins of next Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s European Council summit in Brussels to discuss &&num;8220&semi;the details of further proceedings&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I will also propose to the leaders that we start a wider reflection on the future of our union&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He acknowledged that recent years had been &&num;8220&semi;the most difficult ones in the history of our union&period; But I always remember what my father used to tell me&colon; What doesn&&num;8217&semi;t kill you makes you stronger&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said there would be &&num;8220&semi;no legal vacuum&&num;8221&semi; because EU law &&num;8220&semi;will continue to apply to and within the UK &&num;8221&semi; until a formal exit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;By this I mean rights as well as obligations&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed787b31318">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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