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Europe's Brexit havens urged not to 'waste a good crisis'

Representatives from Paris, Frankfurt and Luxembourg gathered at an FN event on Thursday morning to set out their stalls for post-Brexit Europe

L-R: David Wighton, Edouard-Francois de Lencquesaing, Hubertus Vath, Vishal Vedi and Nicolas Mackel
L-R: David Wighton, Edouard-Francois de Lencquesaing, Hubertus Vath, Vishal Vedi and Nicolas Mackel

Don't waste a good crisis. That was the message from a senior Frankfurt lobbyist at an FN breakfast this morning, where representatives from Europe's finance hubs set out their stalls for the post-Brexit world.

Hubertus Väth, MD of Frankfurt Main Finance, the group responsible for promoting the German city's credentials as a financial centre, said it would be one of the main beneficiaries of the UK's vote to leave the EU.

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