Barroso warns Cameron on UK Euro-scepticism
EU President Jose Manuel Barroso appearing on The Andrew Marr Show. Photo: PA
The European Commission president has warned British Prime Minister David Cameron he could make a "historic mistake" by alienating eastern European countries as he attempts to renegotiate the UK's links with Brussels.
With the prospect of a referendum on leaving the EU, Jose Manuel Barroso says that individual countries like the UK could not retain "even marginal relevance" in a globalised world without the combined weight of the other member states behind them.
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