UK marks 10 years since the Brexit referendum – Europe live

12m ago09.05 BSTMorning opening: Ten years onJakub KrupaGood morning on the tenth anniversary of Brexit.Tenth!Time flies when you are having fun, I guess.View image in fullscreenPro-European protesters gathered in Parliament Square to call for the United Kingdom to rejoin the European Union, 10 years after the EU referendum, in Westminster, London. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/ShutterstockThere will be plenty of commentary, but here, at the Guardian, we have gone back to the people who spoke to us 10 years ago with their first reaction after the vote.Here are their comments. Spoiler alert: it also includes, erm, me.‘I remember the shock’, ‘It can still be reversed’ – what do Europeans think of Brexit now?Read moreI will bring you some of the best stories and analyses from our Brexit: ten years ago catalogue throughout the day.But we also have plenty of other topics to cover in contemporary European politics.Leaders of the Visegrad Four – the regional grouping of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – are meeting in Hungary to revive the group after years of disagreements under Viktor Orbán’s rule.We are also expecting to hear from the Czech president Petr Pavel this morning as he is due to respond to the Czech government’s decision to block him from attending the Nato summit in Ankara next month.Czech president urges Nato to ‘show its teeth’ over Russia’s provocationsRead moreAnd there are also continuing heatwaves across the continent, with Jamie Grierson covering the latest for the UK and parts of Europe.Europe heatwave live: UK temperatures forecast to reach 38C; French PM to hold crisis meeting after heat deathsRead moreLots to cover today.It’s Tuesday, 23 June 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.Good morning.Share