The shadow of Brexit seems to have already stretched on Europe: within a few days by the outcome of the British referendum, Dutch 56 thousand have signed an online petition calling for the release by the European Union of the Netherlands, delivered by the promoters to lower house of parliament.
Lions Gate Entertainment, the production company, which produced among others the movies "The Hunger Games", plans to give birth to a merger with media company Starz. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Lions Gate has put into the pot $ 4.4 billion, cash and stock, to detect the television network. The agreement brings together the two cable companies, linked to magnate John Malone.
Ilva remains Italian. After the setback made in recent days by turkish Erdemir Group, the consortium for the rescue of Ilva has always seen eye with a favor from the government, was born. Yesterday the Board of Directors of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti chaired by Claudio Costamagna has been convened in extraordinary session to decide the new action plan the view of the expiry, in less than 36 hours, the deadline for submission of binding offers .
S & P has no plans to cut the sovereign ratings of other EU countries following the ‘leave’ victory in the British referendum last week. The statement was made by the head of sovereign ratings agency Moritz Kramer, during a video conference.
On Monday, according to the result of the referendum, S & P had cut two notches its assessment on the UK, to AA from AAA, maintaining a negative outlook.
Brexit is just the beginning, to provide a negative future is the prestigious Financial Times in an editorial signed by Wolfgang Munchau, known for being generous with catastrophic forecasts, prefers the title "Italy could be the next domino piece to fall".
Proposing a comparison between the referendum just held in Britain, the date set for October in Italy on constitutional reforms, on which the President of the Council Matteo Renzi has bet a lot, and that the Referendum of 5 Stars leader, Beppe Grillo, has just reiterated it intends to play on the euro, the columnist goes on to hypothesize an Italy out of the single currency.
Swiss tourism may soon have to deal with the collapse of the pound, a result of the referendum on Brexit in the UK. The statement, made by the vice president of Switzerland Tourism Urs Eberhard to press agency ATS, also makes it clear that the canton Valais would suffer more the drop in overnight stays than others.
While the initial effects of Brexit were clearly visible in the main financial markets, George Osborne, the British finance minister, suggests that the government will not implement the steps quickly, or that Britain will activate Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty leave the EU when it is ready "at the appropriate time".
Osborne, with the premise that the country is ready to face the turbulence caused by the decision to leave the Union, explains that "Only Britain can activate Article 50. And, in my opinion, we should not do it until we have a clear vision of the new arrangements to be introduced with our European neighbors ".
"Now the catastrophic scenario feared by many has materialized, making the collapse of the EU almost irreversible," – Soros wrote in a commentary published on the website of the newspaper consortium "Project Syndicate".
The investor also spoke about the possible consequences exit of Britain from the EU and in relation to Friday’s vote, his opinion does not require many interpretations.
