Obama expected to appeal against Brexit
- 8 years ago
Barack Obama is expected to make a calm but emphatic call this week for the UK to remain inside the European Union, using his status as Britain’s firmest ally to counsel that the country’s prosperity and influence will be irreversibly diminished outside the EU.
The US president will make his appeal, which the remain campaign are counting on to tip the balance decisively, both in a newspaper article and remarks at a Downing Street press conference on Friday afternoon.
Obama’s long-awaited intervention is expected to set out not only a positive case for Britain’s influence in Europe, but also describe the UK’s chances of striking independent trade deals with the US if it is outside the European Union as fanciful.
The US president will make his appeal, which the remain campaign are counting on to tip the balance decisively, both in a newspaper article and remarks at a Downing Street press conference on Friday afternoon.
Obama’s long-awaited intervention is expected to set out not only a positive case for Britain’s influence in Europe, but also describe the UK’s chances of striking independent trade deals with the US if it is outside the European Union as fanciful.