From failure to failure

As a French citizen, a member of a very pro-European generation, loving Italy and Belgium, working for a German radio, who lived in London two years, working for the BBC and just spent 18 months mostly in West England, I'm obviously beyond disappointment and sadness. 

Such a regretful, fearful, short-sighted decision... So much wasted. I'm heartbroken. My heart goes to British musicians first. You are the soul of you country.

I'm heartbroken. I was planning to move to England soon, to one of the most pro-European cities of England. What could it mean now?

Here is the statement that summarises at best what's to come: 


“This is the first day of a Britain that is smaller in the world, more detached, more isolationist, more English. The immediate political repercussion is that British Prime Minister David Cameron will have to go. We can soon expect calls for another Scottish independence referendum. Beyond that, the effects of Brexit will burn more slowly. It may be five years before the UK agrees a new trading arrangement with the EU. Ironically, that means more negotiations with EU member states than ever before.”

—Thomas de Waal, expert on European Affairs, Carnegie Centre