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Nigel Farage tells MEPs: You're not laughing now | Nigel Farage tells MEPs: You're not laughing now |
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UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has told the European Parliament: "You're not laughing now." | UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has told the European Parliament: "You're not laughing now." |
He was jeered as he addressed the parliament during an emergency debate on the UK's vote to leave the EU. | He was jeered as he addressed the parliament during an emergency debate on the UK's vote to leave the EU. |
Mr Farage, who was jeered by some MEPs, said EU politicians were "in denial" about the eurozone and migration. | Mr Farage, who was jeered by some MEPs, said EU politicians were "in denial" about the eurozone and migration. |
EC president Jean-Claude Juncker asked Mr Farage: "You were fighting for the exit, the British people voted in favour of the exit. Why are you here?" | EC president Jean-Claude Juncker asked Mr Farage: "You were fighting for the exit, the British people voted in favour of the exit. Why are you here?" |
Mr Juncker said the will of the British people must be respected, but said the Leave campaign had "fabricated reality" with some of its claims. | |
"Isn't it funny," Mr Farage said. | |
"When I came here 17 years ago and said I wanted to lead a campaign to get Britain to leave the Europeans Union, you all laughed at me. | |
"Well you're not laughing now." | |
He called for a "grown up and sensible attitude to how we negotiate a different relationship", and declared: "Most of you have never done a proper job in your lives." | |
He was told the comment was not acceptable by Parliament president Martin Schulz, who lambasted the heckling MEPs for "acting like UKIP". | |
The UK's EU commissioner Lord Hill, who announced his resignation in the wake of the Brexit vote, was given an ovation by MEPs. |
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