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President of the European Council Donald Tusk declared that the UK will not be allowed to access the EU single market without accepting the freedom of movement of citizens, during a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. "There will be no single market a la carte," he stressed. The announcement comes after all the EU leaders met for the first time since the British referendum result last Friday.
Britain could deal a damaging blow to the fragile global economy if it votes to leave the European Union, according to the International Monetary Fund. As David Pollard reports, it was the sharpest warning yet from a global body about the risks associated with Brexit.
"If the government were to use the 49.3" article to push through its pension reform, "there would be no more rules for anyone," warns Olivier Mateu, secretary general of the Bouches-du-Rhône CGT departmental union, at a press conference in Martigues. IMAGES
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warns that if central banks move too aggressively to tamp down price pressures, it could trigger a "prolonged" economic downturn. SOUNDBITE
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warns the global recession risks are rising and urges policy action "to regroup and to rethink how can we adopt a more proactive precautionary mindset that we had in the past." SOUNDBITE