NEXIT, FREXIT, DENXIT, SWEDXIT, AUSXIT….

Britain's vote to leave the European Union has fired up populist eurosceptic parties across the continent , giving fresh voice to their calls to leave the bloc or its euro  currency.

Right-wing and anti-immigrant parties in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and France demand referendums on membership of the union, while Italy's 5-Star movement says it would pursue its own proposal for a vote on the euro.

  1. Netherlands: Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch anti-immigrant PVV party, said he would make a Dutch referendum on EU membership a central theme of his campaign to become prime minister in next year's parliamentary election.
  2. France: France's far right National Front party also called for a French referendum on European Union membership, cheering a Brexit vote it hopes can boost its eurosceptic agenda. Le Pen said that if she won next year's French presidential election she would immediately start negotiations on a series of sovereignty issues including the single currency. If those failed, she would ask voters to back leaving the EU.
  3. Denmark: The populist anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DF), an ally of Denmark's right-leaning government, also calls for a referendum on membership of the European Union. The DF is not in government but is one of three parties supporting the one-party administration. Its call for a popular vote is echoed by the head of the left-wing Red-Green Alliance.
  4. Sweden: In Sweden, the anti-immigration party the Sweden Democrats, which has the support of around 17 percent of voters according to a poll last month, says it will step up pressure for change and demand that Sweden immediately starts to renegotiate the (EU) deals Sweden has made and the Swedish people should be able to speak up about a future EU-membership in a referendum.
  5. Austria: Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) calls for the heads of the European Commission and European Parliament to resign after the Brexit vote, and says it may also call for a referendum unless the EU is reformed.
  6. Italy: Italy's second most popular party, the opposition 5-Star Movement describes the result as a lesson in democracy and promises to pursue its own proposal for an Italian referendum on the euro. The party, considered a genuine contender for government at the next general election, wants Italy to hold a "consultative" or non-binding referendum on whether to remain in the euro zone. The right-wing Northern League, a member of Italy's opposition center-right, is more more outspoken and calls for an Italxit.

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