Jean-Claude Juncker: Economic turmoil after Brexit will be UK's fault

Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission chief, has warned that the UK would be '100 per cent' responsible if its decision to leave the EU caused economic turmoil, as he urged MPs to vote for Theresa May's Brexit deal. In an interview with a German newspaper, Mr Juncker urged the UK not to waste its six month extension to the Article 50 process and added that he did not have hopes of the UK eventually reversing Brexit. 'We need to be prepared for a soft and a hard Brexit. In any event, the UK’s withdrawal will have a negative impact - more for the British than for the EU,' he told Funke. 'There will be no single-market-based solution. As far as I am concerned, the British side bears 100 per cent responsibility