Emmanuel Macron was criticised by some EU leaders (Image: GETTY)
Prior to the vote, the anti-EU rhetoric was building across the bloc, particularly in countries such as France and Sweden.
In Stockholm, one survey found that 36 percent of Swedes wanted Swexit - the country's answer to Brexit - while in May 2016, an Ipsos Mori poll suggested that more than half of Italian and French citizens wanted to vote on their country's membership within the EU.
In the aftermath of the vote, Jeppe Kofod, a Danish MEP and leader of the Social Democrats in the European Parliament, warned of a domino effect that could be experienced with other nations wanting to leave.