Cameron: UK should stay in reformed EU

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during the Matthiae-Mahr Dinner in Hamburg, northern Germany on February 12, 2016. / AFP / CARMEN JASPERSEN

British Prime Minister David Cameron says the UK should stay in a reformed EU so countries can stand together against the aggression of Russia, North Korea and ISIL.

This is Cameron's strongest comments yet about what he sees as a need to stay in the EU for national security reasons.

Cameron needs all 27 EU leaders to back the deal reached between him and the European Council President, Donald Tusk, who is set to hold pre-summit talks with some of the doubters, including France’s François Hollande and Greece’s Alexis Tsipras.

Visiting Germany, Cameron said he would “unequivocally recommend” that Britain stay in the EU if he clinched the deal on Friday.

He said he would rule nothing out if there was no deal, but, he said, “I believe we can ... win that referendum and that will be good for Britain, good for Germany and good for the whole of Europe.”

“In a world where Russia is invading Ukraine and a rogue nation like North Korea is testing nuclear weapons, we need to stand up to this aggression together – and bring our economic might to bear on those who rip up the rulebook and threaten the safety of our people,” he said.

Cameron’s warning against Russia echoes comments made earlier by the shadow Foreign Secretary, Hilary Benn who argued this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin would “shed no tears if Britain left the European Union” and would see Brexit as a “sign of our weakness and of the weakness of European solidarity at the very moment when we need to maintain our collective strength.”

Cameron also claimed earlier that EU membership was essential for knowing vital information about “terrorists and criminals moving around Europe.”

 


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