Lib Dems campaign for a 'real referendum' on Europe

4.07.39pm GMT Tue 26th Feb 2008

Nick Clegg is calling for the British people to be asked the question that will settle Britain's European Future: Should we stay in the EU?

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has demanded that the British people are asked the real question on Europe: should we stay in the EU?

Signalling his Party's intention to table an amendment in Parliament seeking a referendum on Britain's continued membership of the European Union, Clegg said:

"The debate over Britain's future in Europe has been poisoned for too long by a Labour Party that refuses to make the case for it, and an opportunistic Tory Party that actively seeks to undermine it.'

"We need to draw the poison from that debate - to settle the matter one way or another.'

"So today I am inviting the Labour and Conservative parties to join with me in calling for the referendum that will settle Britain's European future, once and for all: an in-out referendum."