European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker holds a news conference following a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain should get a fair deal in the European Union but cannot impose its agenda on the bloc's other 27 members, EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday, weighing in on a sensitive issue in a tight British election race.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that if he wins Thursday's election, he would hold a referendum on EU membership in 2017 once he has renegotiated EU treaties to wrest back powers from Brussels -- notably a right to limit immigration within the 28-nation bloc.
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