Other EU exit movements are already underway

Inspired by Britain's vote to exit the European Union, parallel campaigns are already underway in other member states, typically led by right-wing, nationalist parties.

Slovakia's People's Party has already launched a petition calling for a referendum vote even as Slovakia prepares to assume the EU's six-month rotating presidency in July. "Citizens of Great Britain have decided to refuse the diktat from Brussels," the party said on its website. "It is high time for Slovakia to leave the sinking European 'Titanic' as well."

Meanwhile, Marine Le Pen of France's National Front Party tweeted her interest in a Frexit, writing, "Victory for Freedom! As I have been asking for years, we must now have the same referendum in France and EU countries." German and Dutch far-right leaders posted tweets to similar effect.

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