Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom

According to a online poll conducted by ICM on the how the Britons would vote in the June 23 referendum about whether the country should stay in the EU or leave, 48 percent said they prefer Britain leave the EU, compared to the 24 percent who say they favoured remaining in the EU.

According to well informed sources, measures amounting to 1.8 billion have not yet been set in the 5.4 billion euros package of measures corresponding to 3% of GDP that Greek government has agreed to take.

A new poll on whether Britain should stay or leave the EU shows that the ‘Brexit’ camp is leading. From the 1,996 people surveyed by polling company ’Opinium’ for newspaper ’Observer’, 43 percent said they were in favour of the country leaving the EU, compared to the 39 percent in favour of remaining in the union.

The campaign for Britain to leave the EU has been backed by 250 business leaders including the former chief executive of HSBC, the Vote Leave group said on March 26, hoping to counter the view that UK businesses back staying in the bloc.

"I am leaving Bulgaria in two weeks as I just got a new job in the UK. But what will happen to me if Britain decide to leave the EU?," a young Bulgarian asked the British ambassador to Bulgaria, Emma Hopkins, at a debate on the future of the UK in the EU in Sofia on Monday.

Renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking has joined more than 150 top scientists in calling for Britain to stay in the European Union, saying that leaving would be "a disaster for UK science and universities."

The former head of a prominent British business lobbying group, who quit his post because he supports Britain's exit from the European Union, accused Prime Minister David Cameron of scaremongering in comments published on March 7. 

France warned Britain on March 3 that it would end border controls and let thousands of migrants move on to Britain if voters backed leaving the European Union. 

It also said it would open its arms to British-based banks wanting to flee an non-EU Britain and stay in the bloc. 

A spectre is haunting Europe, once again nowadays - the spectre of who is calling the shots in the old continent. The epic struggle between European capitals and Brussels is approaching a critical juncture. Like so many times in European history, Turkey's stance will be critical in deciding the fate of the continent.

The bosses of more than a third of Britain's top companies on Feb. 23 urged voters to keep the country in the European Union, warning that an exit from the bloc would threaten jobs.