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04/12/2012
London Mayor Suggests 'Pared Down' Involvement With Europe
The UK should negotiate a new "pared-down relationship" with the European Union, Boris Johnson has said.
In a speech the London Mayor said Britain should remain in the single market but pull out of the political union, suggesting that the UK form an "outer-tier" of the EU with countries like Norway and Switzerland.
He went on to suggest a referendum be held with the question: "Do you want to stay in the EU single market as renegotiated? Yes or No?"
He added: "And if people don't think the new relationship is an improvement, then they will exercise their sovereign right to leave the EU."
Mr Johnson urged Prime Minister David Cameron to change tactics in his dealings with Britain's EU partners.
"I don't understand why we continually urge the eurozone countries to go forward with this fiscal and political union, when we know in our hearts that it is anti-democratic and therefore intellectually and morally wrong."
In a question and answer session after the speech at financial news service Thomson Reuters, he said the euro had been "nightmare" for its members, and predicted: "It will eventually blow up but I wouldn't care to bet on when."
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In a speech the London Mayor said Britain should remain in the single market but pull out of the political union, suggesting that the UK form an "outer-tier" of the EU with countries like Norway and Switzerland.
He went on to suggest a referendum be held with the question: "Do you want to stay in the EU single market as renegotiated? Yes or No?"
He added: "And if people don't think the new relationship is an improvement, then they will exercise their sovereign right to leave the EU."
Mr Johnson urged Prime Minister David Cameron to change tactics in his dealings with Britain's EU partners.
"I don't understand why we continually urge the eurozone countries to go forward with this fiscal and political union, when we know in our hearts that it is anti-democratic and therefore intellectually and morally wrong."
In a question and answer session after the speech at financial news service Thomson Reuters, he said the euro had been "nightmare" for its members, and predicted: "It will eventually blow up but I wouldn't care to bet on when."
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