| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Communication |
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| Series Title | Speeches |
| Series Details | SPEECH/14/137 (17.02.14) |
| Publication Date | 17/02/2014 |
| Content Type | News |
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Text of a speech by Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, EU Justice Commissioner, at the Mackenzie Stuart Lecture, Cambridge, 17 February 2014. The Vice-President talked about the relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union, stressing that the UK should be a central part of the European Union and arguing that the EU is stronger with the UK in it. She urged the UK not to leave the Union, claiming that London's financial services centre would lose access to the wider European Union should Britain quit the bloc. She also talked about the future of Europe, saying that in her view, the Eurozone should become the United States of Europe. Aware that the UK will not be part of this, she emphasised that it should remain a close ally with the federated Eurozone, with which it would continue to share a common market, a common trade policy and maybe a common security agenda. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström signalled during a talk on migration at Chatham House on the 5 March 2014 that the UK could get the European Union treaty changes it wants if it spelled them out and found allies for its case. While deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said in March 2014 that David Cameron's plans to renegotiate terms of UK's EU membership would only achieve 'little tweaks', Business Secretary Vince Cable suggested that Mr. Cameron's commitment to an in/out referendum on Europe was "blighting" investment in the UK. |
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| Source Link | http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-137_en.htm |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, United Kingdom |
