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UK referendum on EU would create uncertainty-Hague

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LONDON: A referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union would add to economic uncertainty, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said in an opinion piece.

”The sudden holding of a referendum on leaving the EU would add to economic uncertainty at a time when businesses need all the certainty and confidence they can get,” he wrote in an early edition of on Saturday’s Daily Telegraph.

The European issue, which blighted previous Conservative governments, could expose party rifts again on Monday when a parliamentary debate will decide whether the coalition government should hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union.

Eurosceptics within Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party are threatening open rebellion after becoming disappointed by his failure to get tough on Europe.

While there is no immediate danger of Britain pulling out of the EU, the non-binding debate is a sign of the right-wing using the euro zone’s financial crisis to demand Britain rethinks its dealings with the 27-nation EU trading bloc.

EU leaders are to meet tomorrow to see if they can agree a comprehensive plan to resolve the two-year-old debt crisis, with another summit scheduled for Wednesday.

Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, the junior party in the coalition government, has also rejected a referendum.

”Nothing would do more to help our economic recovery than a resolution of the euro zone’s difficulties, while its disorderly break-up would have a very serious impact on our economy.” (UNI)

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