Wednesday 22 June 2016
BREAKING: EU to hold talks with Turkey over Brussels membership NEXT WEEK, Daily Express
Less
than 48 hours before Thursday's historic EU referendum, it emerged EU members
will meet with Ankara on June 30 to discuss a host of affairs including finance
and budget.
It
comes after the 28-nation bloc pledged to speed up Turkey’s membership talks as
part of a controversial agreement to tackle the migrant crisis.
The
latest announcement will fuel fears EU officials are trying to keep any visa
deal with Turkey secret until after the historic referendum.
Turkey’s
membership of the bloc has been a hot topic of the Brexit debate as critics
press Mr Cameron on whether he would use Britain’s right to veto their entry or
not.
Brexit
supporters have said the UK faces the arrival of millions of Turks if it chose
to stay in the EU.
However,
the Prime Minister said there is no prospect of Turkey becoming a member
anytime soon.
His
comments came after audience member Michael Tindale asked Mr Cameron if he
would “veto the accession of Turkey into the EU”.
Further Reading
Undecided? Read this essential guide giving 20 reasons why you should choose to leave Daily Mail
1. A QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY
Leaving the EU would offer a chance to put the UK in charge of our own
destiny and laws again — and restore our status as a sovereign nation.
According to the Commons Library, up to 60 per cent of regulations
originate from the EU and the 28-member Commission in Brussels — none of whom
were elected. Britain’s Commissioner, Lord (Jonathan) Hill, is a former
lobbyist and Tory researcher who has never stood for elected office in his
life. Nor had his predecessor, Cathy Ashton, a Labour appointee and Campaign
for Nuclear Disarmament official.
2. STRIKING GLOBAL TRADE DEALS
We’d be free to negotiate our own trade deals — especially with the
world’s emerging new economies.
Since we import £89 billion of goods more annually from other EU
countries than we sell to them, the EU stands to lose more than Britain if it
seeks to impose tariffs post-Brexit. We are a crucial export market for
Germany, the EU’s most powerful country, which would be the post-Brexit
deal-maker.
3. JOB MARKET THAT WOULD STILL EXIST
There are an estimated 3.3 million British jobs ‘linked’ to our
membership of the EU. By the same measure, there are more than five million
jobs on the Continent that are linked to trade with Britain. This includes one
million jobs in Germany, 494,000 in France, 309,000 in Italy and 421,000 in
Spain.
4. THE BILLIONS WE GIFT TO BRUSSELS
We pay far more into the EU budget than we get back — making a net
contribution of around £8.5 billion last year (£23 million a day), which is
more than we spend on the police service or border controls.
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