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Poll: Failure To Win Key EU Reforms Could Swing UK Referendum

LONDON (Reuters) – British support for remaining in the European Union (EU) will fall significantly if Prime Minister David Cameron is not able to achieve safeguards for non-euro zone countries and curbs to welfare payments for migrants, according to a

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Cameron’s EU Talks Hit Trouble

David Cameron heads to Brussels Thursday hoping to breathe new life into Britain’s bid to recast its ties with the European Union, which has hit problems over a plan to cut benefits for migrants. With a referendum on leaving the

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UK Hints At Compromise With EU On ‘Brexit’ Demand

Britain is willing to listen to alternatives to its demand for limits on EU migrant benefits, foreign minister Philip Hammond said Monday, apparently opening the door to a compromise on the major hurdle to a deal. Amid opposition from Britain’s

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EU’s Tusk Says Deal To Keep Britain In Could Come In February

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – European Union leaders could clinch a deal with British Prime Minister David Cameron in February to prevent the bloc’s second largest economy leaving, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Thursday. Cameron is seeking to renegotiate Britain’s

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The EU: A Wounded Beast Whose Time Has Passed

The beast is wounded – probably mortally – but it will take an inordinately long time to die and in its prolonged death throes it will devastate whole nations’ economies, living standards and dignity. Circle the date ‘5 July 2015’ in your

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A Handy Checklist: What The Tories Want In Europe

On Wednesday this week the Conservative Party’s manifesto promise of an In/Out referendum on membership of the EU became Government policy following its formal announcement in the Queen’s Speech. To date opponents of the plan have alleged that the policy