While we await publication of the political parties’ manifestos, there can be no doubt that the UK’s membership of the EU will be a key issue in the fast-approaching (if not already underway) 2015 general election campaign. Much of the debate will focus on the question of whether a referendum ought to be held on the UK’s continuing membership of the EU, and if so, when such an ‘in-out’ referendum ought to be held.
The position of the Conservative party is well established: an ‘in-out’ referendum should be held in 2017, following (attempted) renegotiation of the EU treaties, to provide an alternative vision of the UK’s future (scaled-back) relationship with its European partners. Yet given all indications are that the forthcoming election will produce a second consecutive hung Parliament, with no party likely to emerge with a majority of seats in the House Commons, some…
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