EU should overhaul itself in wake of Brexit, Verhofstadt says
Elections across Europe this year were not a backing for the status quo but a message from voters that the European Union has 'one last chance' at reform.
The UK's decision to leave the European Union (EU) is an opportunity for the bloc to reform and respond to voters "critical" of the institution, the European Parliament's Brexit chief Guy Verhofstadt said on Thursday.
Britons voted in a referendum on June 23, 2016, to leave the EU. The country is in a two-year negotiation process to organise its withdrawal, expected in March 2019.
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