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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10477
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/united kingdom

UK may hold referendum on continued EU membership

Brussels, 19/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - UK members of parliament will vote on 27 October on whether to hold a referendum, in May 2013, on the country's continued membership of the EU. The decision to hold a debate and a vote on a referendum was taken by a parliamentary committee on Tuesday 18 October, after a 100,000 signature petition calling for a plebiscite on this matter was handed in to the government. “This House calls upon the Government to introduce a Bill in the next session of...

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