A large crowd of pro-European protesters gathered outside the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane in west London on Saturday for the National Reunification March (NRM). They qualify the withdrawal of Great Britain from the European Union as a “big mistake” and campaign for a return to the community block, reports PA Media/dpa.

Demonstration in London for the cancellation of Brexit and return to the EUPhoto: Pietro Recchia / Zuma Press / Profimedia

Great Britain voted to leave the European Union in a June 2016 referendum called by then-Prime Minister David Cameron.

Peter Corr, leader and co-founder of the NRM, said he decided to organize the march because “everyone seemed to have given up” on the cause.

“Brexit was a big mistake, we are all paying for it – especially the working class and the poorest – and we have to do something about it,” Corr, a lorry driver from Derby, told news agency BYE.

According to him, 60% of the country’s population and 80% of people under the age of 25 constantly state in surveys that they want to rejoin the EU. “I hate racism and xenophobia, and that’s exactly what I felt during the Brexit vote campaign,” he added.

Seira Sergeant, 21, from Walton, Liverpool, one of the speakers at the rally, said: “I was only 14 when the referendum happened, so a lot of my peers never had the chance to have a voice.”

Protesters from other European countries also took part in the event.

Terry Reintke, a German MEP and co-chair of the Greens group in the EU legislature, said that Europeans view events such as the march with “great sympathy” and that Britain is seen as an “absolutely integrated country”. partner”.

“Britain has managed to build one of the biggest pro-European movements in Europe and we can still feel that there are so many millions of people in Britain who want to return to the EU,” she said.

Asked if there had been discussions in the European Parliament about a possible return of the United Kingdom, Reintke said: “If there was a desire to rejoin, our door would be open.”

Lisa Burton, 53, from Wales, now lives in Lanzarote, Spain, and is vice-chairman of Bremain campaign group in Spain, which advocates for the rights of British immigrants living in Spain and across Europe. “Only now is the damage caused by Brexit becoming apparent – every sector is suffering,” she said (Agerpres).