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January 24, 2013

Cameron Vows U.K. Referendum on EU Membership 
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to hold a national
referendum on whether to leave the European Union. On Wednesday, Cameron
ended months of speculation with a televised address.

British Prime Minister David Cameron: "It is time for the British people
to have their say. It is time for us to settle this question about
Britain and Europe. And when we have negotiated that new settlement, we
will give the British people a referendum with a very simple in-or-out
choice: to stay in the European Union on these new terms or to come out
altogether. It will be an in-out referendum."

Under the terms of his proposal, Cameron's EU referendum will not take
place unless he wins re-election in 2015.

 

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