Prime minister makes clearest suggestion yet that in/out vote could be staged as early as July 2016David Cameron has signalled that the UK will stage its referendum on membership of the European Union in 2016 and made clear his view that continued membership is vital not just to economic security but to the fight against international terrorism.
His remarks,at the close of a two-day EU summit in Brussels, propose that the prime minister knows he is not going to achieve all his negotiating demands and has decided to press ahead with the vote as soon as a final deal is struck at another summit in February.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com