Juncker says deal to avoid Brexit ‘fair’
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The proposed deal to keep Britain in the European Union and avoid a “Brexit” after a referendum is “fair” for Britain and its 27 partners, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said yesterday.
Juncker spoke a day after EU Council President Donald Tusk unveiled a series of proposals to help persuade Britons to stay in the European Union. The commission, the executive of the 28-nation bloc, firmly supported the proposals, Juncker told members of the European Parliament who will need to approve several of the plan’s most controversial points.
“The settlement that has been proposed is fair for the United Kingdom and fair for the other 27 member states,” Juncker told the parliament in Strasbourg, France.
“It is also fair for the European parliament,” he added.
The proposals include a four-year “emergency brake” on welfare payments for EU migrant workers, protection for countries that do not use the euro currency and a “red card” system giving national parliaments more power.
“We have addressed the prime minister’s concerns while respecting the (EU) treaties,” Juncker said.
“I’ve always said I wanted the UK to remain a member of the European Union on the basis of a fair deal,” he told the MEPs including members of the UK Independence Party that back an exit by Britain from the EU.
UKIP head Nigel Farage said British Prime Minister Cameron would now “parade in front” of EU leaders for more concessions at a summit in two weeks. “I find it rather humiliating that a British prime minister has to do this. But I’m certain of one thing: he won’t get another thing,” Farage told MEPs.
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