Markets are concerned EU no longer governable after Brexit - Merkel


  • World
  • Monday, 27 Jun 2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement in Berlin, Germany, June 24, 2016, after Britain voted to leave the European Union in the EU BREXIT referendum. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - International financial markets are very concerned that the European Union is no longer governable after Britain voted to leave the bloc, Chancellor Angela Merkel told her conservative party's board on Monday, two participants in a call said.

Merkel said it was necessary to prevent other countries from following Britain's exit path, said the two sources who took part in a telephone conference of the board of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

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