British PM threatens to veto future EU members

British PM David Cameron "stirred spirits" at the EU summit last week when he threatened to veto future memberships of Serbia and Albania, says Tanjug.

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LONDON British PM David Cameron "stirred spirits" at the EU summit last week when he threatened to veto future memberships of Serbia and Albania, says Tanjug. He said this would happen unless "mass migrations" were limited. British PM threatens to veto future EU members The British media are reporting that Cameron warned leaders of other EU member-states that the existing rules had led to "catastrophic consequences" and mass migrations of the poor Poles, Bulgarians, and Romanians, which threatened to ruin Britain's healthcare and welfare system. He further noted that decisions on EU enlargement are made through consensus and threatened to veto Serbia and Albania from joining in the future unless restrictions had been put in place on freedom of movement of Eastern Europeans. Officials in Brussels were unwilling to comment on this publicly, in part because Cameron's statements were "completely dissonant with the general atmosphere of the summit, that set a negotiations date for Serbia and promised Albania would become a candidate in June," Tanjug said in its report. Unofficially, some EU leaders described Cameron's speech as "irrational and contrary to EU's basic principles," while others noted it was meant for "internal political consumption." Namely, ahead of the January 1 lifting of the seven-year restrictions on freedom of movement of workers from EU members Bulgaria and Romania, British tabloids have been "spreading hysteria." The front pages are warning about hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians readying to move to Britain on January 1 and immediately apply for welfare benefits - and then proceed to "pillage, rape, and murder," noted the news agency in its report. This climate is favorable for UK Independence Party, which wants Britain to leave the EU, and is, according to latest polls, likely to win more than ten percent in next elections, while Cameron's Conservatives are now in third place. Some analysts believe that the British prime minister was for this reason "desperately trying to convince UKIP voters to vote for him," and was in the process "taking over (UKIP leader Nigel) Farage's rhetoric." (Beta/AP, file) Tanjug

British PM threatens to veto future EU members

The British media are reporting that Cameron warned leaders of other EU member-states that the existing rules had led to "catastrophic consequences" and mass migrations of the poor Poles, Bulgarians, and Romanians, which threatened to ruin Britain's healthcare and welfare system.

He further noted that decisions on EU enlargement are made through consensus and threatened to veto Serbia and Albania from joining in the future unless restrictions had been put in place on freedom of movement of Eastern Europeans.

Officials in Brussels were unwilling to comment on this publicly, in part because Cameron's statements were "completely dissonant with the general atmosphere of the summit, that set a negotiations date for Serbia and promised Albania would become a candidate in June," Tanjug said in its report.

Unofficially, some EU leaders described Cameron's speech as "irrational and contrary to EU's basic principles," while others noted it was meant for "internal political consumption."

Namely, ahead of the January 1 lifting of the seven-year restrictions on freedom of movement of workers from EU members Bulgaria and Romania, British tabloids have been "spreading hysteria."

The front pages are warning about hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians readying to move to Britain on January 1 and immediately apply for welfare benefits - and then proceed to "pillage, rape, and murder," noted the news agency in its report.

This climate is favorable for UK Independence Party, which wants Britain to leave the EU, and is, according to latest polls, likely to win more than ten percent in next elections, while Cameron's Conservatives are now in third place.

Some analysts believe that the British prime minister was for this reason "desperately trying to convince UKIP voters to vote for him," and was in the process "taking over (UKIP leader Nigel) Farage's rhetoric."

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