Former French president and head of the right-wing opposition party 'Les Republicains' (The Republicans) Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the media after a meeting with French President who meets French leaders of political parties and movements on June 25, 2016 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, after Britain voted to leave the European Union a day before. Europe's press was awash with gloom and doom over Brexit on June 25, warning that it was a boon for nationalists while urging EU leaders to meet the challenge of their 'rendezvous with history'. / AFP / GEOFFROY