Farage going on Europe tour to push for other countries to break away from the EU
Athens is first on the list for the former Ukip leader who says he wants a diverse Europe of independent nation states
NIGEL Farage has announced plans for a European tour to help Eurosceptic parties follow in Britain’s lead and get their countries out of the European Union.
The former Ukip leader will visit places where people feel let down by the EU, with Greece first on the list.
reports Farage said: “One of the joys of not continuing as party leader is having more time, so I will be traveling around Europe helping other independence movements, but I won’t be telling them how to vote.
“We should be celebrating a diverse Europe of independent nation states, and if I can do anything to help that, then I will.
“I’m going to go to Athens in September and have a big symposium about alternatives to the euro.”
His tour comes as nationalist parties are soaring in popularity across the EU, with French far-right leader Marine Le Pen saying Britain ‘got the first shot in’ by voting for Brexit.
Ms Le Pen said she would call an Out poll if elected and she says other countries with parties making similar promises include Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.
Ukip MEP Farage also said if Britain is still a member of the EU then he may come out of retirement.
He said: “If this was not to happen, I would find it irresistible to put my shoulder to the wheel again.
“By the 2020 election if we haven’t got back our territorial fishing waters, haven’t got immigration numbers down, then you ain’t seen nothing yet in terms of disruption to British politics.”
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Farage made the comments at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, where Republicans have formally chosen Donald Trump as their candidate for the presidential election.
He did not directly endorse Trump but praised his focus on targeting voters concerned with issues like globalisation and high migration levels.
Farage said: “They’ve had enough of being patronised, of being ignored.
They want someone to listen to them.
“It’s irrelevant that he’s rich.
"They want to feel someone gets it.
“If you can engage those people and inspire those people, it’s the little people that can change the world.”
He added that disenfranchised voters in Britain “had felt so unrepresented they stopped voting.
“And in the Brexit referendum lots of those little people thought to themselves this is one time our vote can count.
“It’s a victory for the little people.”
He said he thinks Ireland could be the next country to vote to leave the EU.