If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In the long run, Europe will certainly move toward unification. But it will be a process of push and pull, and there will be resistance.
I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.
You can suddenly have a series of countries waking up and saying, 'I want the same status as the Brits,' which will be, de facto, the dismantling of the rest of Europe.
Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.
I think that we must come together progressively, with the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians and with the new members of the European Union, we must make an effort to forge closer links.
For somebody who comes from Europe, I can only say if we give up this principle of territorial integrity of countries, then we will not be able to maintain the peaceful order of Europe that we've been able to achieve.
Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.
A U.K. vote to exit the European Union could have significant economic repercussions.
If people do not believe in Europe and in the euro area, it must be dismantled.
I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.