The European Commission said on Monday that it will not take part in the campaign to keep Britain in the EU ahead of an in-out referendum in June.
“The Commission will not campaign, will not take part in the campaign,” AFP has quoted spokesman Margaritis Schinas as saying at a news briefing.
“Our role of facilitator between the British government and its 27 partners stops here.”
British Prime Minister David Cameron late Friday struck a reform deal brokered by the Commission at a European Union summit that gave the country “special status” in the 28-nation bloc.
The agreement reached after two days of intense negotiations, paves the way for the UK’s EU referendum, expected to be held in June, and guarantees that Britain will never be forced to bail out members of the eurozone.
The deal also gives Britain the right to supervise financial institutions and markets to preserve financial stability.