Juncker launches post-Brexit EU reform proposals


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Mar 2017

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker attends a meeting of the EU executive body in Brussels, Belgium March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday presented options for reforming the bloc to shore up its unity and popular support after Britain's shock decision to withdraw.

Five scenarios in a "white paper" that the president of the European Commission delivered to the European Parliament ranged from changing little to scaling back to just policing a common market to a major leap forward in pooling states' sovereignty.

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