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| EU referendum live: Merkel says UK will lose out if it leaves EU | EU referendum live: Merkel says UK will lose out if it leaves EU |
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| 1.59pm BST | |
| 13:59 | |
| European Central Bank president says UK should stay in EU | |
| Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, has said this afternoon that Britain should stay in the EU. This is from the ECB’s Twitter feed. | |
| Draghi: The ECB has a view that the UK should remain in the EU. Both the UK and the EU benefit. | |
| He is giving a press conference. There is more coverage on our business live blog. | |
| Related: ECB president Draghi says Brexit vote is downside risk to global economy - live | |
| 1.46pm BST | |
| 13:46 | |
| Merkel says UK would not get same 'quality of compromise' if it left EU | |
| ITV has a full story on Angela Merkel’s intervention. Here is the key quote. | |
| You will never get a really good result in negotiations, particularly on very important issues, when you’re not in the room and giving input. | |
| I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union. | |
| We work well together with the United Kingdom, particularly perhaps when we talk about new rules for the European Union. | |
| We have to develop those together with the United Kingdom and whenever we negotiate that, you can much better have an influence on the debate when you sit at the bargaining table and you can give input into those negotiations. | |
| The result will invariably be better when you have that, rather than being outside of the room. | |
| According to ITV, Merkel also said that the UK would not get the same “quality of compromise” if it left the EU. | |
| Merkel is implying that the UK would still be bound by single market rules if it left the EU, and continued trading with it, but that it would not have any influence over those rules. | |
| Vote Leave campaigners have said they do not want the UK to be part of the single market. But any trade deal between the UK and the EU would nevertheless involve some sort of compliance with EU regulations. | |
| 1.39pm BST | 1.39pm BST |
| 13:39 | 13:39 |
| This is what Reuters have filed on Angela Merkel’s comments. | This is what Reuters have filed on Angela Merkel’s comments. |
| Germany wants Britain to stay in the European Union, chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, adding it would be better for Britons if London can wield power from within the 28-member bloc rather than from the outside. | Germany wants Britain to stay in the European Union, chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, adding it would be better for Britons if London can wield power from within the 28-member bloc rather than from the outside. |
| Merkel made her comments at a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin. | Merkel made her comments at a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin. |
| 1.36pm BST | 1.36pm BST |
| 13:36 | 13:36 |
| This is from Bloomberg’s Robert Hutton. | This is from Bloomberg’s Robert Hutton. |
| NEWS: Merkel has weighed in on Brexit. Short version: it's up the the UK, but you won't get a better deal by leaving. | NEWS: Merkel has weighed in on Brexit. Short version: it's up the the UK, but you won't get a better deal by leaving. |
| 1.34pm BST | 1.34pm BST |
| 13:34 | 13:34 |
| This is from the BBC’s Berlin correspondent Jenny Hill. | This is from the BBC’s Berlin correspondent Jenny Hill. |
| Angela Merkel warns Britain it will be much harder to negotiate issues of the single market from outside of the EU | Angela Merkel warns Britain it will be much harder to negotiate issues of the single market from outside of the EU |
| 1.33pm BST | 1.33pm BST |
| 13:33 | 13:33 |
| This is from the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg. | This is from the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg. |
| Fascinating thing about Merkel's intervention is a few weeks ago German sources were saying privately that she wasn't minded to say anything | Fascinating thing about Merkel's intervention is a few weeks ago German sources were saying privately that she wasn't minded to say anything |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.34pm BST | at 1.34pm BST |
| 1.30pm BST | 1.30pm BST |
| 13:30 | 13:30 |
| Merkel says UK will lose out if it leaves the EU | Merkel says UK will lose out if it leaves the EU |
| Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has spoken out about Brexit. | Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has spoken out about Brexit. |
| In last few mins, Merkel has weighed in on Brexit, 'you'll never get the results you want if you're not in the room' | In last few mins, Merkel has weighed in on Brexit, 'you'll never get the results you want if you're not in the room' |
| I will post more as soon as I get proper quotes. | I will post more as soon as I get proper quotes. |
| 1.26pm BST | 1.26pm BST |
| 13:26 | 13:26 |
| Earlier Boris Johnson and his Vote Leave Tory colleagues, Michael Gove and Priti Patel, visited Farmhouse Biscuits in Nelson, Lancashire, a biscuits factory. The trip seems to have been scheduled entirely around a single pun, because this is what Johnson had to say. | Earlier Boris Johnson and his Vote Leave Tory colleagues, Michael Gove and Priti Patel, visited Farmhouse Biscuits in Nelson, Lancashire, a biscuits factory. The trip seems to have been scheduled entirely around a single pun, because this is what Johnson had to say. |
| I’ve never seen so much dough in all my life. | I’ve never seen so much dough in all my life. |
| But never forget - no matter how much dough they have here, it’s nothing like the dough we are sending to Brussels every day: £50 quids worth, £350m a week over which we have no control. | But never forget - no matter how much dough they have here, it’s nothing like the dough we are sending to Brussels every day: £50 quids worth, £350m a week over which we have no control. |
| These biscuits are an example of British dough that is well controlled. | These biscuits are an example of British dough that is well controlled. |
| They know what’s going to happen to these biscuits ... | They know what’s going to happen to these biscuits ... |
| This is a company that is in total control of its dough. They know it to the ounce how much they use. We have lost control of our dough. | This is a company that is in total control of its dough. They know it to the ounce how much they use. We have lost control of our dough. |
| 1.15pm BST | 1.15pm BST |
| 13:15 | 13:15 |
| David Cameron is taking part in a Sky EU referendum event tonight (we’ll be covering it live, of course), but it has also been announced that BuzzFeed News and Facebook will hold a “town hall event” (a Q&A, basically) with him on 10 June. | David Cameron is taking part in a Sky EU referendum event tonight (we’ll be covering it live, of course), but it has also been announced that BuzzFeed News and Facebook will hold a “town hall event” (a Q&A, basically) with him on 10 June. |
| Commenting on it, Cameron said: | Commenting on it, Cameron said: |
| The referendum on 23 June is the most important vote in our country for a generation and the BuzzFeed News and Facebook event is a great chance to debate what sort of future we want for our country. | The referendum on 23 June is the most important vote in our country for a generation and the BuzzFeed News and Facebook event is a great chance to debate what sort of future we want for our country. |
| 12.57pm BST | 12.57pm BST |
| 12:57 | 12:57 |
| Earlier Boris Johnson sold a cow at the cattle market. | Earlier Boris Johnson sold a cow at the cattle market. |
| Boris Johnson has just sold this cow for £960. pic.twitter.com/oRTb8uklps | Boris Johnson has just sold this cow for £960. pic.twitter.com/oRTb8uklps |
| And here are two tweets from my colleague Rowena Mason, who is covering Johnson’s visit. | And here are two tweets from my colleague Rowena Mason, who is covering Johnson’s visit. |
| Quite difficult to hear questions above the mooing but I think a farmer has just said he doesn't trust Boris promises about subsidies | Quite difficult to hear questions above the mooing but I think a farmer has just said he doesn't trust Boris promises about subsidies |
| Again Boris Johnson making promises about what will happen post Brexit when he is not actually in a position of power to do so (yet) | Again Boris Johnson making promises about what will happen post Brexit when he is not actually in a position of power to do so (yet) |
| 12.51pm BST | 12.51pm BST |
| 12:51 | 12:51 |
| This is from the FT’s Jim Pickard. | This is from the FT’s Jim Pickard. |
| Senior Labour figure says Corbyn speech amounts to "sabotage" of Remain camp. | Senior Labour figure says Corbyn speech amounts to "sabotage" of Remain camp. |
| 12.47pm BST | 12.47pm BST |
| 12:47 | 12:47 |
| Here is the New Statesman’s Stephen Bush on Jeremy Corbyn’s speech. And here is an excerpt. | Here is the New Statesman’s Stephen Bush on Jeremy Corbyn’s speech. And here is an excerpt. |
| On that metric, Corbyn’s speech today went very well. He made enough pro-EU noises to make grumbling from Labour’s more committed pro-Europeans look insurrectionist rather than constructive. He chucked a bit of red meat at his core supporters, bashing TTIP – a treaty that is now looks to be dead on arrival in any case - and re-announcing that a Labour government would renationalise the railways. And, crucially, he did just enough to hint to those few Labour MPs and activists who are anti-European that he might just possibly remain on their side, really ... | On that metric, Corbyn’s speech today went very well. He made enough pro-EU noises to make grumbling from Labour’s more committed pro-Europeans look insurrectionist rather than constructive. He chucked a bit of red meat at his core supporters, bashing TTIP – a treaty that is now looks to be dead on arrival in any case - and re-announcing that a Labour government would renationalise the railways. And, crucially, he did just enough to hint to those few Labour MPs and activists who are anti-European that he might just possibly remain on their side, really ... |
| And just as the Prime Minister’s skill in holding his party together will be largely underappreciated until after he’s gone, Corbyn’s tightrope-walk is further evidence that he is a better player of the game of Labour politics than many of his opponents might wish. | And just as the Prime Minister’s skill in holding his party together will be largely underappreciated until after he’s gone, Corbyn’s tightrope-walk is further evidence that he is a better player of the game of Labour politics than many of his opponents might wish. |
| 12.43pm BST | 12.43pm BST |
| 12:43 | 12:43 |
| Boris Johnson is speaking now at a Vote Leave event in Clitheroe, in Lancashire, at what seems to be a cattle market. | Boris Johnson is speaking now at a Vote Leave event in Clitheroe, in Lancashire, at what seems to be a cattle market. |
| He says, if we left the EU, the government would maintain its support for farmers. | He says, if we left the EU, the government would maintain its support for farmers. |