"The far right is stronger across the continent at any time since the 1930s," Gove told The Sunday Times in his first newspaper interview since announcing the decision to campaign for the so-called Brexit.
Gove also said that the European Court of Justice has undermined the ability of the British intelligence to monitor people suspected of terrorism. According to him, EU judicial bodies' control over British intelligence agencies conflicts with UK interests.
"I think overall our national security is strengthened if we are able to make the decisions that we need and the alliances that we believe in outside of the current structures of the European Union," Gove said.
London Mayor Boris Johnson, who has recently joined the "out" campaign ahead of a June 23 referendum on whether the United Kingdom should leave the European Union, expressed a similar point of view to the media outlet, saying that EU rules were "prejudicial" to UK security.
The February 19 agreement to revise the bloc will only come into force if the British people opt for a future inside the European Union during the referendum in June.
After the agreement with Brussels, Cameron said the deal delivers on all of his reform commitments and called on the British public to vote in favor of maintaining the EU membership.
On Friday, Director-General of the British Chambers of Commerce John Longworth was suspended after he had voiced support for Brexit, suggesting that the reforms agreed of the bloc were not satisfactory.
