European leaders gather this week to discuss the impact of the Brexit vote

Meeting for emergency talks in Berlin, EU states have urged Britain to leave the union as soon as possible, however, there is little they could immediately do to force Britain to speed up the pace of its departure from the 60-year-old bloc. Foreign ministers from the EU’s six founding member states demanded the earliest possible start to the Brexit process.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has however tempered calls for a "quick divorce" between Britain and the EU. Mrs Merkel said she would "not fight now for a short time frame", while Matthew Ellis, chief executive of the Vote Leave campaign, said "it's best for the dust to settle over the summer" and there is no "need to swiftly" invoke Article 50. On Friday, Cameron had said he would delay the start of Brexit negotiations until his successor was in place in the autumn.

The first summit of EU leaders with no British representation will be held on Wednesday, June 29th, a day after Cameron holds talks with members. The European leaders will discuss the impact of the Brexit vote. The leaders of the European Union countries will decide on June 29th when they will hold their next summit without Great Britain.

European Union leaders are determined to keep the unity of the EU after Britain voted to leave the 28-nation bloc, the chairman of the leaders Donald Tusk said on Friday, noting the EU had been prepared for such an outcome.