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German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the U.K. to have no illusions about life outside the European Union, hardening her stance ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron?s first meeting with fellow EU leaders since triggering the political earthquake that?s shaken the bloc?s foundations.

Merkel, in her toughest response yet to last week?s British vote to quit the 28-nation EU, said that the U.K. can?t expect favored treatment once it leaves and that there will be no informal talks on a new relationship before the government in London files its application for divorce.