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Britons demonstrate in London: “We love the EU!”

You do not want to accept the Brexit: tens of thousands of Britons marched in London for the whereabouts of the country in the EU. You hope on the Parliament and new elections. From London, Barbara Wesel and Maximiliane Koschyk.

The whole family came from Wales: “It’s about the future of our boys,” said mother Lucy and pushes the children to the front, where they painted the EU flag on the cheeks. “But by the rolling of the rights that made the mess,” she complains and calls the leader of the Brexit campaign, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage is just “disgusting”. The four Welsh have travelled for this Demonstration to London: Many of the participants of the “March for Europe” are no capitals, although in the small towns and in the country, the majority for Brexit has voted, there are also dissenters.

Fear of the future and remorse

John came from Manchester: “I do animations for movies, and half of my colleagues comes from the EU. Our company is from Ireland and I’m afraid that you are making the British establishment re-sealing, if we are out of EU out of it.” The Morning after the Referendum was in his office as a “death watch,” says John, everyone would have just sat on the porch froze. Also, the cake and the consolation from the boss not have helped.

Most of their election promises, the politicians of the “Leave kept” campaign. Including the promise that they would draw every week £ 350 million for the health system, the NHS spend. Nurse Sarah is outraged and does not want to lose in front of all her colleagues: “The NHS relies heavily on migrants and people from anywhere, if we leave the EU, would break the health system.”

Thousands of demonstrators in London at the #March foreurope. In front of the Parliament to protest against the #Brexit. pic.twitter.com/Kog5eFu3He

— Maximiliane Koschyk (@MaxKoschyk) 2. July 2016

Also, two scientists from Cambridge, the running coats in their Laboratory at the March, fear for the future of their work: “half of our research funds come from the EU”, they say. And why have they not alerted the Public sooner how harmful a Brexit for the universities would be? “We have not done enough”, the two of them.

Emotions and Appeals

Around noon, gathered the mass of marchers for on the square in front of the British Parliament. A colorful crowd of people, across the generations, everywhere European blue flags and banners “EU-nited Kingdom” or “We love the EU”. People are emotional and upset. A Video of pop star Jarvis Cocker gets a big round of applause:”We can’t deny the geography. The UK is in Europe, we can’t tear it out!”

The Frustration to get rid of

“We would accept the outcome of the referendum, if it would be fair to come about. But it was to get rid of full of false information and people are now your Frustration” calls of the organizer of the March, Mark Thomas, from the stage into the crowd. And the ubiquitous Bob Geldof, the may be missing in any Protest, warns the protesters that a signature on the Internet is still not a political movement. All would have to personally fight to keep Britain in the EU.

The three-Kilometer-long March was organized under the Motto “March for Europe” on the social media

As a political platform, liberal-in-chief Tim Farron brings his party into the conversation: “I want to tell Germany and the Rest of Europe, that this country does not want to turn his neighbors in the back,” he says in a DW interview. Since the Brexit vote, the LibDems have a strong inflow, because the conservative party in government promises, the Brexit. And the Labour Party destroyed themselves in internal power struggles. There’s only the liberals of the British parties, and Tim Farron is hoping for early elections. Then the voters could overrule the Referendum of quasi-even before the government decides on the article 50, the exit sets the EU.

“It breaks my heart,” says Farron, “people of every age group, social stratum and from anywhere in the country have come here to your love and solidarity to Express their determination that we can prevent the Brexit”.

So many Brits, according to your love to Europe to explain on the square in front of the Parliament in Westminster – probably never. You would have shown a few months ago, the Brexiteers their resistance to the public – maybe that would have helped. “We simply do not have believed that it would really happen,” excuse a couple of young protesters. In the case of many now that the regret about the missed opportunity after losing the vote.