Claim: The UK dropping our EU treaty commitment to "ever closer union" would make us less likely to be drawn into a federal Europe.
Fact-check: Renegotiating "ever closer union" - Full Fact
Verdict: unlike opt-outs in specific areas of eu activity, this change wouldn't have a direct legal effect. any impact would be mainly political.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2016-06-07T00:00:00