Only seven weeks after British voters elected to leave the European Union , the bloc has begun to fracture along regional lines . According to Greek media reports, the government in Athens is attempting to organize a summit of Southern European countries in early September, just days before a scheduled EU-wide conference in Bratislava. So far, Greece has sent invitations to the leaders of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta. The Greek initiative is only one indicator of a trend emerging across the European Union. The Brexit decision has raised questions about the bloc's future , and its members are turning to their neighbors, not to Brussels, for answers. Countries in Central Europe — Visegrad Group members Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic — held their own meeting in July to assess the referendum's impact and craft proposals for EU reform.