<p>Membership of the European Union</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 14 June 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:55, 14 June 2016

(Translated)

Well, firstly, of course, we must ensure that the United Kingdom is still part of the European Union after next week. It’s very important that we should be positive about what the European Union has done, namely that it’s brought democracy to eastern European countries; namely that funding has gone to those areas of Europe that needed it; namely, of course, investment in a number of parts of Europe that wouldn’t have seen such investment previously. It would be extremely odd if the United Kingdom took the European Union presidency on the way out of the union. And, of course, it is important after the referendum next Thursday that that positive message is preached, if you like, not just across Wales, but across the whole of Europe.