GETTY MEP Steven Woolfe warned Barack Obama against interfering in the forthcoming EU referendum

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Just days after Mr Obama used an interview to insult British foreign policy and military action in Libya, the American President is understood to be planning to intervene in the referendum on a visit to Britain next month. Critics point out that his plans are actually against US interest because EU membership has held Britain back from supporting America more and much of the opposition to US foreign policy has come from Brussels. Plans to get backing for Remain from Mr Obama follows similar stunts by Downing Street to get foreign support including persuading the G20 finance ministers to interfere.

GETTY Obama caused controversy last week by suggesting Europe was at fault for instability in Libya

Last week ministers also had to deny that they had persuaded the French to make threats about letting immigrants in Calais come over to the UK as part of the Project Fear campaign. UKIP's migration spokesman Steven Woolfe condemned Mr Obama’s planned intervention. The senior MEP said: “When he is not insulting this country on the international stage as he did last week, President Obama should take a careful look at EU policy and how it often acts against America’s interests as well as Britain’s.

GETTY Britain will decide whether to leave the EU in a referendum on June 23

GETTY Steven Woolfe urged Obama to consider his own country's relationship with the EU