Brown defeats call for EU treaty vote

Members of Parliament in the House of Commons rejected proposals to hold a UK-wide referendum on whether to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty, 5 March 2008.

United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Press release: European Reform Treaty debate, 5 March 2008 http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029391638&a=KArticle&aid=1203948522229

United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Britain in the EU: The EU Lisbon Treaty http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20080205132101/www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front%3fpagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1139992024177

European Foundation: An analysis of the Treaty of Lisbon http://www.europeanfoundation.org/docs/Treaty%20of%20Lisbon.htm

European Foundation; The European Journal, October 2007: A Conservative Party Vision for Europe – If Brown Ploughs On With Treaty, Our ReferendumMust Stand http://www.europeanfoundation.org/docs/HeathcoatAmory.pdf

Bruges Group: Press Release: Press Release: Politicians are fuelling distrust http://www.brugesgroup.com/mediacentre/releases.live?article=14016

BBC News, 5.3.08: MPs reject EU treaty referendum http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7277644.stm

BBC News, 5.3.08: The politics of EU referendum decision (Analysis feature) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7278739.stm

United Kingdom: Parliament: Business: European Union (Amendment) Bill 2007-08 http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/europeanunionamendment.html

BBC News, 6.3.08: MPs consider fallout from EU vote http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7280588.stm

Daily Mail, 6.3.08: A shaming day for democracy: MPs vote to deny British people a say on the EU treaty http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=527228&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

Conservative Party: Broken promises on EU referendum, 5.3.08 http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=142772

http://www.iwantareferendum.com/ http://www.iwantareferendum.com/

Liberal Democrats: Press Release, 3.3.08: Voters back Lib Dems over Europe by 2:1 http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/europe-referendum.13971.html

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