Juncker: UK will regret quitting EU

BREXIT will haunt the UK, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker claimed yesterday.

He told the European Parliament: “This will be a very sad and tragic moment in our history. We will always regret this.”

Turning to the UK’s MEPs, he added: “And I think that you will regret it as well soon, if I might say.”

But Mr Juncker declared the “wind is back in Europe’s sails” as Britain heads for the exit door.

He called for a wider passport-free Schengen zone, a beefed-up banking union and a European Defence Union.

But he ruled out Turkey joining the bloc for the foreseeable future – dismissing a key claim in last year’s Leave campaign.