The International Monetary Fund has called for the UK and the EU to quell uncertainty over the implications of Britain’s vote to leave the 28-member bloc by acting quickly and cohesively, following three days of confusion.
Christine Lagarde, the IMF chief, said on Sunday that the fund “will continue to encourage the parties involved to actually proceed with this transition in the most efficient, predictable way in order to reduce the level of uncertainty, which will itself determine the level of risk we are facing”.
In her first extensive remarks on the referendum result, Ms Lagarde noted there was turmoil in the Conservative and Labour parties in the UK and that EU leaders had sent mixed messages on how Britain’s exit from the bloc should be handled.