MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to Lawson, he accepted the position because UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in his opinion, is likely to fail in securing EU reforms, including stricter migration rules.
"A number of my colleagues in the Conservative party are waiting to see what the prime minister negotiates before deciding which way they will vote or whether they will campaign for 'in' or 'out' [on UK’s exit from the bloc]," Lawson wrote in The Times.
In September, the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage launched a similar campaign for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
Cameron promised an in/out referendum on EU membership by the end of 2017.
The European Commission has been reluctant to put curbs on migration within the union, pointing out that freedom of movement within the bloc is a non-negotiable core EU value.
