Warning of instability, Dutch PM calls for gradual British departure from EU


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Jun 2016

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte talks during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (not seen) at Chigi palace in Rome, Italy May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Max Rossi

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called on Monday for Britain to make a gradual transition out of the European Union after its vote for Brexit, which he said had triggered a political and economic crisis that threatens the rest of the bloc.

Rutte's comments to parliament in the Netherlands, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, came on the eve of a European Council meeting in Brussels.

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