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![Germany's Angela Merkel opposes the UK withdrawal and has previously said London should work with its European partners to change some aspects of the EU working mechanism [AP]](http://thebricspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/AP741846854547-e1393580168247.jpg)
Germany’s Angela Merkel opposes the UK withdrawal and has previously said London should work with its European partners to change some aspects of the EU working mechanism [AP]
This would not be the first time that Cameron has indicated his willingness to jump the EU ship if Brussels did not agree to a new relationship with London. Cameron has for several years called for a “proper, reasoned debate” to renegotiate a ‘repatriation’ of powers back to London.
These powers include decision-making on migration, home affairs, and agricultural policy, among others.
Returning these decision-making powers to London comprise “the steps which would be needed to make Britain, and others, more comfortable in their relationship in the EU are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable,” he has maintained.
According to The Times, London Mayor Boris Johnson encouraged Cameron to move toward threatening the EU after former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker was selected as European Commission president – a move Cameron bitterly opposed.
In his January 2013 long-awaited speech on the UK’s relationship with the EU, Cameron pledged to hold a referendum on continued involvement should he win re-election in 2015, a promise he first made during his election campaign in 2010.
It is his intention to have the British people “have their say”, with a “simple choice” between staying in on the new terms, or leaving.
He said that if he managed to secure a new relationship that was in Britain’s interests, then he would campaign “heart and soul” for a ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum to stay in the EU.
Source: Agencies
