If the British vote to leave the European Union in a referendum by the end of 2017, the government will have to act accordingly, British Prime Minister David Cameron said today.
A poll published last Sunday showed that the majority of Britons who decided to go to the referendum will vote to leave the EU, Reuters reported.
Cameron stated that he thinks that leaving the Union will not be a good decision if he achieves his goals in terms of reforming the regulations governing Britain's membership in the EU.
"The British people will decide for themselves. We have to respect that decision, whatever it is," Cameron said in an interview with the BBC and added: "I don't think leaving the EU is the right answer. But if that is the answer, we will have to do everything which is necessary to implement that decision."
When asked by journalists whether the government is working on crisis plans in the event of a possible exit from the Union, the British Prime Minister said that they are working on plans for negotiating new terms of membership and holding a referendum.
Cameron stated that he is convinced that an agreement can be reached in the negotiations with Brussels on the most controversial issue - his plan to reduce the payment of social assistance to migrants in the EU.
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