France warns Brexit would be irreversible, single market access at stake

PARIS (June 23): French President Francois Hollande warned on Wednesday that if Britons voted to leave the European Union it would be an irreversible decision that could seriously jeopardise Britain's prized access to the bloc's single market.

Amid a flurry of contacts between EU capitals to prepare for the consequences of Thursday's referendum, Mr Hollande said he would visit Berlin next week to prepare joint initiatives to relaunch Europe, whatever the outcome of the British vote.

"If the choice is to leave the EU ... that would be irreversible," Mr Hollande said.

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