Sharon Bowles MEP

Four in five business leaders want to stay in the EU - comments by Sharon Bowles MEP

A new poll, published today, conducted by IPSOS-MORI for TheCityUK has found that four in five business leaders in the financial and professional services sector want the UK to stay in the EU.*

Sharon Bowles MEP, who chairs the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, commented:

"The UK financial services sector employs over 2 million people and contributes billions to the economy each year.

"Key to its success is the UK's access to the EU single market, the world's largest trading bloc, and influence over its rules.

"Leaving the EU would be killing the goose that lays the golden egg."

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