{"id":4033,"date":"2020-02-22T13:38:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T13:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=4033"},"modified":"2020-02-22T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T13:38:28","slug":"donald-tusk-to-uk-eu-hearts-are-still-open-to-brexit-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=4033","title":{"rendered":"Donald Tusk to UK: EU &#8216;hearts are still open&#8217; to Brexit halt"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"art\"><figcaption>\n<p>European Council President Donald Tusk | Frederick Florin\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header>\n<h1>Donald Tusk to UK: EU &#8216;hearts are still open&#8217; to Brexit halt<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subhead\">The European Council president&#8217;s comments follow calls in the UK for a second referendum on Brexit.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p>\n\t\t\tBy\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\">Ma\u00efa de La Baume<\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"timestamp\"><time datetime=\"2018-01-16T11:40:08+00:00\">1\/16\/18, 11:40 AM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.shopnrl.com\/Others-Countries-Nrl' title='Rugby league Jerseys'>Rugby league Jerseys<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"updated\">Updated <time datetime=\"2018-01-16T16:18:37+00:00\">1\/16\/18, 4:18 PM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>EU &#8220;hearts are still open,&#8221; to the U.K. reversing the Brexit vote, European Council President Donald Tusk told MEPs in Strasbourg Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>His sentiments were backed up by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who said in a speech to the European Parliament that\u00a0\u201cOur door still remains open and I hope that will be heard clearly in London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Tusk said Brexit is set to become a reality \u201cunless there is a change of heart among our British friends.\u201d But he said the Brexit course was not a foregone conclusion. \u201cAs David Davis said: If a democracy can not change its mind it ceases to be a democracy,\u201d Tusk said, referring to a speech in 2012 by the U.K.&#8217;s Brexit secretary, who was a backbench MP at the time. &#8220;Our hearts are still open to you,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The comments in Strasbourg follow growing speculation in the U.K. that the country could organize another referendum on the eventual Brexit deal.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Nigel Farage, the former UKIP leader, said he\u00a0supported a second referendum to end the &#8220;whinging and whining&#8221; of anti-Brexit campaigners \u2014 although he later modified his position to say that Brexiteers needed to be prepared for a second vote.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Guardian, leading Brexiteer and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson dismissed the prospect of a second referendum.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve just had one, and I think it went pretty well but it was something that caused an awful lot of heartache and soul-searching, and everybody went through the wringer on it,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not convinced that the public is absolutely gagging for another Brexit referendum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Labour MP Ian Murray, a supporter of the Open Britain campaign said:\u00a0\u201cUntil we&#8217;ve actually left, Brexit is a reversible process, that much is clear. 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