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Brexit: No rush to leave the EU, Boris Johnson says Brussels says Brexit must happen quickly – however painful it must be
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There should be no "haste" in Britain preparing to leave the European Union, Boris Johnson has said. Boris Johnson was already at loggerheads with Brussels within hours of Britain’s historic vote to leave the EU, as he claimed there need not be any haste in withdrawing from the bloc, even as European leaders told the UK it must move swiftly to avoid prolonged and damaging uncertainty. 
The former Mayor of London made the call in a victory speech in central London after Britain voted by 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the bloc. The former Mayor of London, now the favourite to succeed David Cameron as Prime Minister, made the call in a victory speech in central London after Britain voted by 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the bloc.
The Conservative politician's approach sets him on a collision course with EU officials - who are calling for Brexit to be implemented "as soon as possible, however painful", according to the PA news agency. "In voting to leave the EU it’s vital to stress that there’s no need for haste, and as the Prime Minister has just said nothing will change in the short term except work will begin on how to extricate this country from the supranational system. As the Prime Minister has said there is no need to invoke Article 50," Mr Johnson said. 
"I think the electorate have searched in their hearts and answered as honestly as they can … they have decided that it is time to vote to take back control from a European Union that has become too remote, too opaque and not accountable enough to the people it’s meant to serve," Mr Johnson said. But following crisis talks, European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker, European Parliament President Martin Schulz, European Council President Donald Tusk and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued a statement saying that they expected the UK to initiate its exit “as soon as possible, however painful that process may be”. 
"In voting to leave the EU it’s vital to stress that there’s no need for haste, and as the Prime Minister has just said nothing will change in the short term except work will begin on how to extricate this country from the supranational system. As the Prime Minister has said there is no need to invoke article 50." “Any delay would unnecessarily prolong uncertainty,” they said.  
David Cameron this morning said that Article 50 - the law that allows countries to leave the EU - would not be invoked before his successor was in place. German Chancellor Angela Merkel meanwhile expressed “great regret” at Britain’s decision, but insisted the bloc was "strong enough" to find the "right answers" to the challenges it faces.
He said a replacement should be chosen by Conservative party conference in October. Speaking in Berlin, she said the EU had contributed to peace on the continent, but that stability could not be taken for granted.
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said that the deal negotiated by David Cameron would now go straight to the scrapheap. "The idea of European unification was the idea of peace after centuries of horrendous bloodshed," she said.
"As agreed, the new settlement for the United Kingdom within the EU agreed at European Council in February this year . The will now not take effect and ceases to exist. There will be no renegotiation," he said at a press conference on Friday morning.  "The founding fathers found a way to come together and it was manifested in the Treaty of Rome almost 60 years ago. For the future, we should not take this for granted.
The EU chief added that any agreement between the EU and the UK would have to be "balanced" in terms of "rights" and "obligations" of Britain in relationship to the EU. "We can all see that we are living in a world of turmoil."
Estimates for the time it will take to leave the European Union range between two years and five years. David Cameron said this morning said that Article 50 – procedure that governs how countries leave the EU - would not be invoked before his successor was in place. He said a replacement should be chosen by Conservative party conference in October.
Estimates for the time it will take to leave the European Union range between two years and seven years.
Meanwhile, group leaders in the EU Parliament have demanded that the UK formally announce their departure and to invoke the use of Article 50 immediately.Meanwhile, group leaders in the EU Parliament have demanded that the UK formally announce their departure and to invoke the use of Article 50 immediately.
Guy Verhofstadt, who chairs the liberals, said: "The EU cannot be taken hostage by a Tory leadership wrangle. We need an article 50 notification now." Guy Verhofstadt, who chairs the liberals, said: "The EU cannot be taken hostage by a Tory leadership wrangle. We need an article 50 notification now."
Marcus Weber and Joseph Daul, who head up the European People's Party - the parliament's largest group - said: "There cannot be any special treatment for the United Kingdom. The British people have expressed their wish to leave the EU. Leave means leave. The times of cherry-picking are over." Marcus Weber and Joseph Daul, who head up the European People's Party - the parliament's largest group - said: "There cannot be any special treatment for the United Kingdom. The British people have expressed their wish to leave the EU. Leave means leave. The times of cherry-picking are over.”