Nexit, Frexit or Grexit? The countries that could follow Britain out of the EU

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Marine Le Pen, leader of the anti-immigration and populist National Front (NF) has promised to renegotiate the terms of France`s membership of the EU if elected president in May. However, Marine Le Pen is likely to achieve even less than Cameron in this respect, and France leaving the EU would have far greater repercussions than Brexit," Kr?mer added. "In many ways, all this is reminiscent of the run-up to Brexit," J?rg Kr?mer, chief economist at Commerzbank, said in a note. However, the NF leader could yet harbor some hope of securing the French presidency as U.S. President Donald Trump`s surprise victory as well as the Brexit vote in the U.K. both defied expectations. "At that time the then-British (Prime Minister David) Cameron wanted to negotiate with the other EU members to obtain more leeway for the U.K., and put the result to a referendum.