Berlin – British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has expressed his appreciation for the support he has received from conservative parties in Germany for his EU reform proposals ahead of an in-out referendum to be held in Britain before the end of 2017.
Cameron disclosed this on Thursday in Berlin at the party conference of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CSU), whose views on returning powers to national parliaments and curbing benefits for migrants are closely aligned with his own.
“I feel very heartened by the goodwill I have felt from fellow sister parties and from the CSU here in Bavaria today,” he said.
Cameron said after holding talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel that he intended to enlisting German help in getting the EU reform deal.
“I want to make sure the British people have the very best choice of staying in a reformed European Union.
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“Part of Europe for trade and cooperation, working together over the security challengesthat we face, but not joining the euro and not being part of the Schengen no-borders agreement,’’ he said.
CSU Chief, Horst Seehofer, who has repeatedly butted heads with Merkel over his bid for stringent immigration controls, said that Cameron’s view on benefits were “CSU through and through.”
Cameron was in the Bavarian resort town of Wildbad Kreuth to attend a party conference hosted by the CSU, Merkel’s conservative allies in the southern state.
He was scheduled to leave Bavaria later in the day for Budapest, where he planned to hold talks on EU reform and other topics with his Hungarian counterpart, the right-wing conservative Viktor Orban. (dpa/NAN)