However Nigel Farage makes voters more likely to back Brexit, according to 22 per cent of voters, compared to the 17 per cent who say he makes them want to stay in the EU. The newspaper said it marked the largest portion of respondents who favored leaving since research firm ORB began polling the issue for it a year ago.
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“That won’t work”, the veteran minister told Germany’s Der Spiegel weekly, which on Saturday plans to publish a German-English edition at home and in Britain with “Please don’t go!” on the cover.
Prime Minister David Cameron, in comments before the ORB survey’s release, urged the public to ignore polls. In telephone polls, Remain consistently receives a higher rating.
Schaeuble said a Brexit would have a profound impact on the EU.
Germany’s finance minister added that should Britain vote to remain in the 28-country bloc, the European Union could draw lessons from the referendum. “But we can only take the lead on these issues by sitting around the table in the first place”, she said.
“Just yesterday, a friend of mine called me and said: “Imagine the next G7 meeting, attended by an American president Trump, an Italian president Beppe Grillo, by the English Prime Minister Boris Johnson.’ and I said ‘Stop before you get to France”.
Osborne was questioned about Cameron’s previous support for Turkey to join the EU.
Farron said the crash was a “major blow to the “In” campaign”.
If British people vote to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom would be kept out of the single market and the European Union would not integrate further, German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said. No figure was given for how many of those surveyed were undecided.
The polls are on a knife’s edge ahead of the referendum on whether Britain should stay in or leave the 28-country bloc. He said improving economies in other European countries would help dampen migration into Britain.
“Even in the event that only a small majority of the British voters reject a withdrawal, we would have to see it as a wake-up call and a warning not to continue with business as usual”.
Thursday’s survey also found voters were split evenly, although no detailed breakdown was provided.
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Without weighting for turnout, the survey showed 53 percent of people believe Britain should exit the European Union, while 47 percent say it should not.
