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                        British PM Vows Referendum on EU

   British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that if his party
   wins the next election, he plans to renegotiate the terms of Britain`s
   membership in the European Union and then ask the British people to
   vote on it.
   Mr. Cameron made the comments in a long-awaited speech Wednesday in
   which he warned that public disillusionment with the EU is "at an
   all-time high." He said a new relationship with the EU should be one
   "with a single market at its heart."
   He said the British people would then be given "a very simple in-or-out
   vote" on whether to accept the new terms or leave the EU.
   ``So the next Conservative manifesto in 2015 will ask for a mandate
   from the British people for a Conservative government to negotiate a
   new settlement with our European partners in the next parliament. It
   will be a relationship with the single market at its heart 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."
   The next British election is expected in 2015.
   The prime minister`s announcement is likely to displease some of
   Britain`s allies, as well as further shake public confidence in EU
   stability.
   European officials have warned Cameron against trying to renegotiate
   Britain`s membership terms. The United States has said it wants Britain
   to remain a "strong voice" within the EU.
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