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#Cannes2016: 'Overall, better off fighting within the EU' #StrongerIn #KenLoach
Ken Loach, has been awarded his second Palme d’Or at #Cannes2016 for his film, I, Daniel Blake, chronicling the plight of those excluded from social welfare under current UK government reforms to the UK’s social-security system.
Loach has a long history of making films about the day-to-day struggle of Britain’s working class. In 1966, he directed the BBC television play ‘Cathy Come Home’ that started a national debate on homelessness.
When asked during the press conference about his views on the EU referendum, he said that on the one hand the EU is a neo-liberal project driven by privatization and deregulation, where workers' safeguards are under attack. However, he said that a 'Leave' vote would make the situation worse and further weaken workers' rights. He said, on balance, that it was best to fight neo-liberalism from within the EU.
Loach is a well-known supporter of DiEM25, a Pan-European political movement launched in 2015 by former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
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