Revolt against EU: Farage warns Europe must stand up to ‘Brussels bully boys’

The former UKIP leader has rejoiced that Britain will leave EU “in the nick of time” after Jean-Claude Juncker laid out his plans for the future of the bloc this week.

And he suggested a number of states in the eastern bloc could soon follow in the UK’s footsteps as they contine to be “bullied” by EU officials.

The Brexit champion even hinted a revolt could be brewing against the bloc in the wake of .

Responding to a Q&A in the Telegraph, he said: “The Prime Ministers of Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were described by Andrew Marr recently as making Nigel Farage look like a Foreign Office diplomat. 

“I don’t think it matters how much they’re threatened by Juncker, the ECJ and the bully boys in Brussels. 

“These countries have only enjoyed their independence for a very short number of years and they will, in my view, whether now or some point in the short future, stand up totally to domination.”

It comes after Mr Farage penned an opinion piece this week in which he suggested “even the most fanatical of European federalists could not believe their ears” over Mr Juncker’s speech this week.

The MEP ripped into the plans, which could see veto rights removed from every country over the EU’s foreign policy, describing them as “the death of nation state democracy in Europe”.

Mr Farage said: “My biggest concern about the Juncker plan is the wilful attempt to fund pro-EU transnational parties and withhold money from those who hold an opposing opinion. 

“My ultimate concern is that if people don’t have an opportunity to voice their objections through genuinely democratic and legitimate means, they will seek other ways of doing so. 

“So yes, I am worried that at some point in the future, if the noose is tightened around national democracies and the ability of individual voters, this could turn very ugly indeed.”

also expressed his relief that Britain was leaving the European Union “in the nick of time”.

He said: “I believe Juncker’s speech yesterday killed off any possibility that a second referendum would result in any reversal of that glorious result of June 23rd 2016.”