A week after the UK referendum, the bloc's leaders seem to be coming to terms with British voters' decision to leave the EU.
"Brexit is not a tragedy, simply reality," Slovak prime minister Robert Fico summarised on Thursday.
At a press conference in Bratislava on Friday (1 July) to launch Slovakia's six-month EU presidency, Fico and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker stressed that the EU was waiting for Britain to notify its intention to exit.
"We have no ti...
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