Cameron not in favor of EU exit by Britain

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

Canada: Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…
USA: Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…

U.K. Prime Minister, David Cameron has ruled out campaigning for Britain to exit the EU in a referendum, warning that the U.K. is at the risk of becoming “a sort of greater Switzerland” if it quit the 27-nation bloc.

The PM has indicated that he may consider calling a referendum on Europe, but only after negotiating a “new settlement” with Brussels which would see powers returned to Westminster.

Me. Cameron has told that quitting the EU altogether – on demand of some of the Conservative backbenchers – would be “a complete denial of our national interests”.

The Prime Minister’s intervention comes after the Europe Minister, David Lidington, wrote an article for the French newspaper, Le Monde, which said that there was “no question” of Britain disengaging from or leaving the European Union.

Also, according to a business survey, half of U.K. firms got a view on the country’s future in the European Union want a “looser” relationship with Brussels.

Mr. Cameron gave the reason for not leaving EU as he said: “I think it would be bad for Britain. When I look at what is in our national interest, we are not some country that looks in on ourself or retreats from the world. Britain’s interest – trading a vast share of our GDP – is to be in those markets. Not just buying, selling, investing, receiving investment, but also helping to write the rules. If we were outside, we wouldn’t be able to do that. It comes back to this – who are going to be the winning nations for the 21st century? If your vision of Britain was that we should just withdraw and become a sort of greater Switzerland, I think that would be a complete denial of our national interests.”

Shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander said: “No wonder the Conservative Party are confused this morning. It’s another week, and yet another referendum policy from the Prime Minister. What Britain needs now is a clear strategy for Europe rather than yet more internal party maneuvering. The more the Prime Minister says, the less clear his policy becomes.”

Article viewed on Oye! Times at www.oyetimes.com.