EU referendum: the positive case for voting Remain

The author writes that 'We should also recognise the important and positive role the EU and its predecessor institutions have played in enhancing peace and prosperity for the UK and the whole continent in the last 60 years or so'.

'The UK could play a major and important role in reforming the EU’s institutions from the inside. By voting Leave and sitting on the sidelines, it would be unable to influence these important debates and yet would still be affected by the economic spillover in a continent we will always belong to. It’s an argument for remaining that has nothing to do with fear'.

• Primary Source

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: [Opinion]: The remain camp needs to change tack to win the EU referendum http://www.europeansources.info/record/opinion-the-remain-camp-needs-to-change-tack-to-win-the-eu-referendum/

ESO: Background information: Project Fear versus the positive case for ‘Bremain’ http://www.europeansources.info/record/project-fear-versus-the-positive-case-for-bremain/

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