Now, six more countries want to hold referendums to exit the EU; France, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Finland, and Hungary all could leave. With Hollande's approval rating at about 11%, Merkel is lucky she is not tarred & feathered. Front National leader Marine Le Pen has pledged to hold a French referendum. If she emerges victorious in next year's presidential elections, that means the next major player in the EU after Germany is out and there goes the EU.

This entire civil uprising in Europe has been underway ever since two months ago when Dutch voters overwhelmingly rejected a Ukraine-European Union treaty. Angela Merkel's Germany now faces having to pay an extra 3 billion euros a year to the annual EU budget once Britain leaves. This alone is prompting German government officials to propose that Britain is offered "constructive exit negotiations" to keep their dues coming in. Some are now talking about a quasi-membership for the UK calling it an "associated partner country" to keep the money flowing.