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Frexit
Frexit
English
Noun
Frexit (uncountable)
- The (possible) act of France leaving the European Union.
- 2014 May 31, Adelina Marini, “Is It Time for a Frexit?”, in euinside:
- And while brexit is still on the agenda, after the European Parliament elections from May 22-25 it is quite legitimate to ask ourselves the question whether there is a danger of losing France - in other words is there a risk of a frexit?
- June 2014, World Commerce Review, Vol. 8, Issue 2, p. 3:
- The Front National won the French elections with calls for an immediate restoration of the franc and a referendum on Frexit.
- 2015, Denis MacShane, Brexit: How Britain will Leave Europe, page 9:
- If Brexit happens can Frexit — France exiting the existing EU — be far behind?
- 2015 November 9, Ian Bremmer, Time, volume 186, number 19, page 12:
- In France, opinion polls show that the far-right National Front, led by self-styled "Madame Frexit" Marine Le Pen, is now more popular than the center-right Republicans or ruling Socialists.
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