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UK has succeeded because of immigration, says Prime Minister (10 February 2016)
Date: 10/02/2016
David Cameron has announced a draft agreement on reform of the UK’s membership of the European Union, highlighting four areas where reform might be needed.
The Prime Minister spoke about the draft agreement during a visit to a company in Wiltshire on Tuesday (02/02/16), saying that questions of Britain’s sovereignty, ability to trade with the EU and to keep the pound, as well as the pressures from increased immigration in the UK, all needed to be addressed.
The Prime Minister has promised the UK a referendum on EU membership by 2017 and said:
“…in recent years, the pressures of migration from overseas and movement of workers from inside the European Union has put a lot of pressure on our public services, on schools, and on hospitals and on communities – and …we are country that is in favour of people that come here who work hard, who make a contribution.
“Britain has succeeded through immigration, not in spite of immigration – and we do believe, I think, in the free movement within the European Union: that the British people get the chance to go to work and study, and sometimes even retire, in other European countries; and we want those things, but the pressure has been too great and we want that pressure to be dealt with.”
The draft agreement on renegotiating the UK’s membership of the EU has been published online – EU President Donald Tusk said that the process of negotiating the draft agreement had been difficult and further negotiations would be needed.
However, Mr Tusk emphasised that the underlying principles of EU membership – including freedom of movement across EU states – needed to be respected.
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