NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s departure from the European Union would have immediately monetary and financial consequences, French central bank chief Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday, urging Britain to remain in the bloc.
“Britain needs Europe and the opposite is also true, Europe needs Britain,” Villeroy told a business forum in New York. “I strongly prefer for Britain to stay.”
He added that if Britain decided to leave the union it would have “monetary and financial consequences”.
(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; Editing by Alison Williams)
