Stay in EU, Obama tells Britain

A united Europe, which turned centuries of war into decades of peace, must preserve its remarkable legacy, says US President

S. President Barack Obama has urged British citizens to vote to stay in the European Union in the referendum on June 23.
In what is likely to be his last visit to the U.K. as President, Mr. Obama said a united Europe, which turned “centuries of war in Europe into decades of peace”, must preserve its “remarkable legacy.”
He placed the EU in the class of post-war international institutions and initiatives like the United Nations, Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Mr. Obama told British citizens that they should be “proud that the EU has helped spread British values and practices — democracy, the rule of law, open markets — across the continent and to its periphery”.

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