PES leaders meet ahead of the European Council, at the Albert Hall, in Brussels. Arrivals&nbsp;of Corina CRETU, Liviu DRAGNEA, Jean ASSELBORN, Alexis TSIPRAS, Pierre MOSCOVICI, Christian KERN, Dejan ZIDAN, Joseph MUSCAT, Frans TIMMERMANS, Stefan LOFVEN, Federica MOGHERINI, Maros SEFCOVIC, Gianni PITTELLA, Martin SCHULZ and Matteo RENZI. Statements by Martin SCHULZ, EP President, and Sigmar GABRIEL, German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy.

PES leaders meet ahead of the European Council: arrivals

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Arrival of Corina CRETU EU Comissioner

Arrival of Liviu DRAGNEA Romanian Socialist Party leader

Arrival of Jean ASSELBORN Luxembourgish Minister for Foreign and European Affairs

Arrival of Alexis TSIPRAS Prime Minister of Greece

Arrival of Pierre MOSCOVICI EU Commissioner

Arrival of  Christian KERN Chancellor of Austria ( incumbent )

Arrival of  Dejan ZIDAN Slovenian politician

Arrival of Joseph MUSCAT Prime Minister of Malta

Arrival of Frans TIMMERMANS EC Vice President

Arrival of Stefan LOFVEN Prime Minister of Sweden

Arrival of Federica MOGHERINI EU High Representetive

Arrival of Maros SEFCOVIC EU Commissioner

Arrival of Martin SCHULZ, EP President

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, I felt in the morning a lot of sadness in that chamber. A lot of colleagues like myself who are sad about the result, who are thinking what went wrong, what we have to change. And like myself they want to discuss as soon as possible with the government about our future, therefore we must trigger article 50 as soon as possible and I am with the young people, I think this is a surprising result that more than 70 % of young British voted for the European Union and these people are not represented by Nigel Farage, for sure not.

Arrival of Sigmar GABRIEL, German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

SOUNDBITE (English), Sigmar GABRIEL, German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Of course now the Brits decided in a democratic way to go out and now we should not hesitate, we need clear decision and it is a pity and it is a catastrophe for Europe and I think also for Britain in a long term and I have never met a politician like Mr. Cameron, he did an awful campaign, nevertheless now we have to decide.

SOUNDBITE (English), Sigmar GABRIEL, German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, That is the decision of the British conservatives but there will be no negotiation in between and it is not possible to have negotiation about better conditions for the UK. Now the decision is to go out and now the British responsibility is they should act in a way that won't harm Europe any longer.

Arrival of Matteo RENZI Prime Minister of Italy

PES leaders meet ahead of the European Council: arrivals

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