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David Cameron to rush out law for EU vote

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The Conservatives will take the highly unusual step of publishing “draft legislation” which would write into law the pledge made by the Prime Minister earlier this year.

The draft Bill will be published on Tuesday amid growing pressure from Tory MPs and ministers for a referendum to be guaranteed in law.

The development, which emerged in Washington on Monday night, came after Barack Obama effectively backed Mr Cameron’s attempts to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU before ordering a referendum.

The president called for Mr Cameron to be given time to “fix” the EU, as he warned that Britain would lose influence if it ever left the single market.

The endorsement was hailed as a coup by Downing Street, 48 hours before a parliamentary vote called by Conservative MPs who are demanding that the referendum pledge is written into law.

Senior Conservatives hope that draft legislation will persuade 70 Tory MPs to drop their support for an amendment to the Queen’s Speech criticising it for failing to recognise a future referendum.

However, without Liberal Democrat support, which is unlikely to be forthcoming, Mr Cameron is powerless to introduce the draft legislation before Parliament. It is therefore expected to be put forward by a backbench Conservative MP then supported by Tory ministers, including Mr Cameron.

A senior Conservative source said: “The Conservative Party will publish a draft Bill to legislate for an in/out referendum by the end of 2017. We will examine all opportunities to bring this Bill before Parliament including as a private member’s Bill.”

The source said Mr Cameron was “open” to introducing the Bill as a piece of legislation. However, well-placed sources said he had not yet discussed the issue directly with Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, although there are talks going on between the two parties.

The sources claimed that the idea of publishing a draft Bill had been in Mr Cameron’s mind for “some time”, rejecting suggestions that it was being done to counter the threat of the UK Independence Party following its success in the local elections. On Sunday, two Cabinet ministers said Britain should consider leaving the EU unless there was significant reform, in comments that added to the pressure on Mr Cameron.

In a clear shift in American policy, Mr Obama appeared to concede that the EU was “broken” and acknowledged that Britain may have to decide whether to leave in the future. However, he also gave a clear warning that Britain’s global standing would suffer if it was to pull out.

Asked what his message was to Cabinet ministers advocating a withdrawal, Mr Obama said: “I think the UK’s participation in the EU is an expression of its influence and its role in the world as well as obviously a very important economic partnership.”

However, he added that Mr Cameron made sense in his point that “you probably want to see if you can fix what’s broken in a very important relationship before you break it off”.

There were also signs of scepticism that Mr Cameron will be able to claw back sufficient powers from the EU. “Those are tough negotiations,” Mr Obama said. “You have got a lot of countries involved. I recognise that. So long as we haven’t yet evaluated how successful those reforms will be, you know, I, at least, would be interested in seeing whether or not those are successful before rendering a final judgment.

“I want to emphasise these are issues for the people of the United Kingdom to make a decision about, not ours.”

Mr Obama’s apparent support for Mr Cameron’s position marks a shift in America’s stance. Earlier this year, Philip Gordon, the US assistant secretary responsible for European affairs, said that Britain’s membership of the EU was “in the American interest”.

He stressed the importance that Washington attached to Britain’s position as a leading member. “Britain has been such a special partner of the United States — that shares our values, shares our interests, has significant resources to bring to the table. More than most others, its voice within the European Union is essential and critical to the United States,” Mr Gordon said.

Conservative MPs criticised America’s earlier intervention, and last night it was not clear whether Mr Obama’s latest comments would influence backbenchers or anger them.

Mr Obama’s intervention is being seen as reciprocation for Mr Cameron’s support last year when the Prime Minister travelled to Washington during the president’s re-election campaign.

Mr Cameron, who spent more than an hour in talks with Mr Obama in the Oval Office, will spend much of this week in the US. Tonight he travelled to Boston, where he will pay his respects at the site of the marathon bombings. He will continue on to New York, where he will ride a London Routemaster bus with Prince Harry in an event to encourage foreign companies to invest in British business.

 

Source: telegraph.co.uk


Source: http://msnoworldorder.co.uk/newsblog/2353-david-cameron-to-rush-out-law-for-eu-vote



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