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Almost 80% of Top UK, German Businesses Want Britain to Stay in EU – Poll

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Almost 80 percent of UK and German high-ranking businesspeople believe that Britain should stay in the European Union, a survey revealed Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Top managers of about 76 percent of UK firms and 83 percent of German firms share similar stance in opposing the so-called Brexit, the Bertelsmann Foundation revealed in a poll.

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Around 50 percent of the senior businesspeople believe that Brexit would be "neutral" in its impact on turnover, investment and jobs. About 29 percent believe that Brexit would negatively impact jobs in their company, according to the poll.

Britain is expected to hold a referendum on its EU membership in June. Ahead of the vote, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking to revise the terms of his country's membership of the bloc.

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