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A woman leaves a polling station being used in the EU referendum at Batley Town Hall in west Yorkshire, England in the constituency of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, Thursday June 23, 2016. Voters in Britain are deciding Thursday whether the country should remain in the European Union. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

U.K. Brexit: British referendum decides on future EU membership

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Workers begin to count ballots Thursday at the Titanic Exhibition Center in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the long-anticipated national referendum on whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union, which it joined in 1973. (Associated Press)

Brexit referendum turnout heavy; U.K. votes to leave EU

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Thursday, June 23, 2016. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

As EU worries over Brexit, Vladimir Putin enjoys the show

By L. Todd Wood

Afghan men jump into the sea from a dock of Athens's main Piraeus port where hundreds of refugees and migrants live, Monday, June 20, 2016. The UN refugee agency marking World Refugee Day Monday June 20, said that on 2015, the world had 65.3 million people who had been forcibly displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

EU agrees new border, coast guard scheme

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A train passes through Walbrzych, Poland. Many in Eastern Europe fear a departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, of which they have been members for only about a decade, will have devastating effects. (Associated Press/File)

U.K. Brexit vote worries newer EU members in Eastern Europe

By Karol Bulski and Vlad Odobescu - Special to The Washington Times

Photo by actress Elizabeth Hurley from a June 22 tweet urging Britons to vote in the June 23 "Brexit" referendum on the UK leaving the European Union.

Elizabeth Hurley posts sultry photo in tweet urging Britons to vote in Brexit referendum

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron attends a service of prayer and remembrance in St Margaret's Church in London on Monday to commemorate Jo Cox, the 41-year-old Member of Parliament fatally shot last week in northern England. (Associated Press)

Brexit: Pro-EU forces gain momentum as bitter debate rages into final days

By Benjamin Plackett and Patrick Costello - Special to The Washington Times

LED IN: A young couple with faces paint in European, left, and British colors, pose with a sign "Our Love For Great Britain" during a Kiss Marathon event at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Sunday June 19, 2016 to support the ' Remain' voters in Britain's referendum. The campaign in the referendum over Britain's future in the European Union is about to resume full throttle after being on hold due to the killing of a popular lawmaker. British voters head to the polls on Thursday to decide if the country should stay in the European Union or leave it. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP) (Associated Press)

Brexit vote causing Europe to hedge economic bets

By Patrick Costello — Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Boris Johnson. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Britain prepares for Brexit vote

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Jo Cox (Associated Press/File)

Obama calls husband of slain British lawmaker

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on Britain's exit from the EU by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency

Why ‘Brexit’ makes sense

By Ed Feulner

WITH STORY BRITAIN EU FUTURE - In this Friday, June 26, 2015 file photo, British Prime Minister David Cameron pauses before speaking during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. Opinion polls suggest a vote could go either way on June 23, 2016 when Britain chooses whether to leave the 28-nation bloc it joined in 1973. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Brexit, Republican president might revive U.S./Britain relationship

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Critics, including top officials with the European Union, say the government of Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, in its haste to impose its conservative agenda, has run roughshod over democratic norms since taking power last fall, even trying to subvert the country's highest constitutional court. (Associated Press)

Beata Szydlo government’s Family 500+ baby subsidy polarizes Poland

By Karol Bulski - Special to The Washington Times

The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline is a boon for Greece, which is laboring to recover from an economic collapse. The project is expected to bring 8,000 jobs to the country. (Associated Press)

Trans Adriatic Pipeline to cut Europe’s reliance on Russia for natural gas

By Nikolia Apostolou - Special to The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York on May 3, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump: Britain would not be at ‘back of the queue’ if it withdraws from EU

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration on the coming Brexit vote by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

JED BABBIN: David Cameron’s ‘Brexit’ sausage

By Jed Babbin

Recep Tayyip Erdogan slams EU’s demands in fight on terrorism

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The Perfect Storm to Break up the European Union Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

SHEHAB AL MAKAHLEH: A perfect storm breaking over Europe

By Shehab Al Makahleh

From left, British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Francois Hollande, meet at Schloss Herrenhausen in Hannover, Germany, Monday, April 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

R. EMMETT TYRRELL: Obama shows contempt for unhobbled Britain

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Brexit’ a solution for UK

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES