The Latest: UK lawmaker wants Parliament to overturn EU vote
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LONDON - The Latest on Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union (all times local):
7:25 p.m.
A British opposition lawmaker says Parliament should stop the "madness" and overturn the result of a referendum calling for Britain to leave the European Union.
Labour legislator David Lammy says Thursday's national vote was non-binding and "our sovereign Parliament needs to now vote on whether we should quit the EU."
He says some "leave" supporters now regret their votes and Parliament should vote on Britain's EU membership. He said "we can stop this madness and bring this nightmare to an end. ... Let us not destroy our economy on the basis of lies and the hubris of ('leave' leader) Boris Johnson."
constitutional experts say Parliament cannot easily ignore the will of the people. Alan Renwick, deputy director of University College London's Constitution Unit, says "in legal theory that is possible. In practice, that is absolutely not possible."
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6:15 p.m.
Britain's vote to leave the European Union has reverberated through London's boisterous LGBT pride festival.
The flags of European nations flew at the annual Pride in London parade, which ended with a rally in Trafalgar Square.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan told the crowd of thousands that Europeans in London are "our friends, our families and our neighbours."
Khan says "I recognize the huge contribution you make to our city, you are welcome here. I make you this promise as your mayor. That won't change."
Voters in London overwhelmingly supported staying in the EU, but a majority outside the capital voted to leave.
Belgian Georges Peters, who was flying his country's flag at the parade, said he was "very disappointed about the vote. I think this is bad for the economy and it's important that we stand together."
Antaine O'Briain from Ireland said he was "shocked and horrified" at the result of the Thursday's vote.
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5:55 p.m.
France's economy minister is calling for a new, more transparent plan for the European Union that would be submitted to a popular vote.
Emmanuel Macron is accusing Britain's Conservative Party of taking the rest of the EU hostage with a referendum staged for domestic reasons that now is threatening to torpedo European unity. His unusually outspoken comments came at a debate Saturday at the Institute for Political Science in Paris on how European can cope with Britain's vote to leave the 28-nation EU.
Macron says "If we made a mistake ... it's to have let a member state take hostage the European project in a unilateral manner ... and therefore to have choreographed these last few months the possibility of the crumbling of Europe."
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4:10 p.m.
Britain's vote to leave the European Union has spurred a surge in interest in obtaining Irish citizenship from people in Northern Ireland.
The Post Office in Northern Ireland says it has "seen an unusually high number of people in Northern Ireland seeking Irish passport applications."
Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, but most people born there can also claim citizenship in the neighbouring Republic of Ireland — an EU member. While Britain as a whole voted to leave the EU in Thursday's referendum, a majority of voters in Northern Ireland opted to remain.
Irish citizenship has generally been taken up by members of Northern Ireland's Irish nationalist Roman Catholic community, rather than by Protestants who identify as British.
But in a sign of how the referendum has turned politics on its head, one of Northern Ireland's leading Protestant politicians, Ian Paisley Jr., tweeted: "My advice is if you are entitled to second passport then take one."
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3:50 p.m.
The European commissioner from Latvia, who is now responsible for overseeing the EU's financial services sector, says his "priority is to maintain financial stability in markets."
The EU's euro commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis says he hopes "to live up to tasks entrusted to me."
Dombrovskis wrote on Twitter that "I highly value the work" of Jonathan Hill, the British representative on the EU Executive Commission who stepped down Saturday, saying he was disappointed by the British referendum result.
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