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| EU referendum: No new reform deal for UK after vote, Jean Claude Juncker warns | |
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| There will be no further renegotiation of Britain’s relationship with the EU after the referendum, European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker has said. | There will be no further renegotiation of Britain’s relationship with the EU after the referendum, European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker has said. |
| In a last minute intervention that will be viewed as deeply unhelpful by David Cameron and the Remain camp, Mr Juncker said the Prime Minister had already “got the maximum he could receive” from his pre-referendum negotiation in February. | In a last minute intervention that will be viewed as deeply unhelpful by David Cameron and the Remain camp, Mr Juncker said the Prime Minister had already “got the maximum he could receive” from his pre-referendum negotiation in February. |
| Mr Cameron has said repeatedly this week that he will use a Remain vote to push for further reform of the EU, particularly around freedom of movement rules. | Mr Cameron has said repeatedly this week that he will use a Remain vote to push for further reform of the EU, particularly around freedom of movement rules. |
| But Mr Juncker’s comments, made to reporters in Brussels on the eve of Britain’s historic In-Out referendum, will be seized upon by the Leave campaign as evidence of the EU leadership’s intransigence over Britain’s terms of membership. | But Mr Juncker’s comments, made to reporters in Brussels on the eve of Britain’s historic In-Out referendum, will be seized upon by the Leave campaign as evidence of the EU leadership’s intransigence over Britain’s terms of membership. |
| “The British policymakers and British voters have to know that there will be not be any kind of renegotiation,” Mr Juncker said. | “The British policymakers and British voters have to know that there will be not be any kind of renegotiation,” Mr Juncker said. |
| “We have concluded a deal with the Prime Minister, he got the maximum he could receive, we gave the maximum we could give. So there will be no kind of renegotiation, nor on the agreement we found in February, nor as far as any kind of treaty negotiations are concerned.” | “We have concluded a deal with the Prime Minister, he got the maximum he could receive, we gave the maximum we could give. So there will be no kind of renegotiation, nor on the agreement we found in February, nor as far as any kind of treaty negotiations are concerned.” |
| “Out is out.” | “Out is out.” |
| David Cameron’s EU renegotiation secured new concessions for the UK, including a four-year freeze on in-work benefits for EU migrants, which can be triggered if levels of migration are deemed to be putting “excessive pressure” on public services. | David Cameron’s EU renegotiation secured new concessions for the UK, including a four-year freeze on in-work benefits for EU migrants, which can be triggered if levels of migration are deemed to be putting “excessive pressure” on public services. |
| But the Prime Minister has been criticised by the Leave camp for not delivering enough, particularly on the controversial issue of freedom of movement, which has been placed at the centre of Vote Leave’s arguments for Brexit. | But the Prime Minister has been criticised by the Leave camp for not delivering enough, particularly on the controversial issue of freedom of movement, which has been placed at the centre of Vote Leave’s arguments for Brexit. |