adminPrime Minister David Cameron is due to give a major speech this month about Britain’s strained relationship with the EU but has already said he wants to renegotiate the conditions of its membership with the 27-country bloc.
Gilmore, who is also Ireland’s foreign minister, said: “We have a very strong interest in Britain not just remaining (in the EU) but Britain to be very much at the heart of the EU and fully engaged in the EU.”
Speaking to a group of foreign reporters visiting Dublin for the start of Ireland’s six-month presidency of the EU, Gilmore said “as far as we can influence, we’ll defend UK membership”. EU President Herman Van Rompuy — who will visit Dublin today — has warned Britain it cannot “cherry-pick” which powers it takes back from Brussels. — AFP.
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