The flags, including the EU flag, are taken down after a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, on June 27, 2016. Britain's shock decision to leave the EU forces German Chancellor Angela Merkel into the spotlight to save the bloc, but true to her reputation for prudence, she said she would act neither hastily nor nastily. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL
{"Image ImageDescription": "The flags, including the EU flag, are taken down after a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, on June 27, 2016.\nBritain's shock decision to leave the EU forces German Chancellor Angela Merkel into the spotlight to save the bloc, but true to her reputation for prudence, she said she would act neither hastily nor nastily. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL        (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)"}