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Manfred Weber: European People Party chairman Manfred Weber says Friday that the vote "causes major damage to both sides, but in first line to the U.K." Weber added that "this was a British vote, not a European vote, according to CTV. People in the other states don't want to leave Europe." Britons voted 52 per cent to 48 per cent on Thursday to leave the EU to take greater control of the country economy and borders. 6:30 a.m. The head of the biggest political bloc in the European Parliament says the U.K. vote to leave the EU is damaging but that the decision is for Britain, not the European Union. One of the leaders of the victorious 'leave' campaign has reassured the European Union that Britain will continue to be a good neighbour after its unprecedented vote to leave the bloc. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders is calling for a plebiscite in the Netherlands about leaving the European Union after Britons voted to ditch the 28-nation bloc. Labour lawmaker Gisela Stuart, who was born in Germany, spoke in German to say that "Britain is an open society, it is a welcoming society and we will continue to be co-operating with European countries on an international level." As the British pound and global stock markets fell at the shocking result, Stuart says "it is incumbent on all of us to be very calm, remember that our responsibility is to the future of the United Kingdom, and work together to start a process." She says "in the long run, I think that both Europe and the United Kingdom will emerge stronger as a result." 6:25 a.m. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.