BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — The European Parliament is "very sad" about the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, but acknowledges that is a sovereign decision British voters can make, EP President Martin Schulz said Friday.
"The line of the European Parliament is quite clear, we are very sad about the decision of the voters in the United Kingdom, but it is a sovereign expression of the will of British voters to leave the European Union," Schulz told reporters.
On Thursday, the United Kingdom held a referendum on its membership in the European Union, with Prime Minister David Cameron calling on the UK nationals to vote to remain. Earlier Friday, it was announced that 51.9 percent of voters supported Brexit.
"The parliament has decided to meet on Tuesday morning at 10:00 to a part session in the European Parliament and to adopt a resolution assessing the outcome of the referendum and describing the necessary next steps," Schulz said.
The UK-EU settlement is now "null and void" after Thursday's Brexit vote and the remaining European Union members must focus on protecting the Eurozone, Martin Schulz said.
"I want to repeat what was described in the settlement, which is null and void, after the decision of the British voters. Both sides should respect mutually different views. Now the United Kingdom decided to leave and therefore the member states who remain in the European Union must discuss how to improve the European Union and how to protect especially the Eurozone countries," he told reporters.
