Cameron set to rule out Lisbon vote

Article reports that UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron will announc November 2009 that he rules out a referendum on the Lisbon treaty, despite in 2007 promising one. Instead the Conservative Party will draw up tactics to negotiate a repatriation of powers from Brussels over employment and social laws.

BBC News, 4.11.09: Tories to set out new EU policy http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8341577.stm

EurActiv, 3.11.09: Tories concede Lisbon Treaty referendum unlikely http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/tories-concede-lisbon-treaty-referendum/article-186971

ESO: Background information: Cameron faces row over EU treaty vote http://www.europeansources.info/record/cameron-faces-row-over-eu-treaty-vote/

ESO: Background information: Clarke damps Lisbon ballot prospects http://www.europeansources.info/record/clarke-damps-lisbon-ballot-prospects/

ESO: Background information: Cameron drops EU pledge http://www.europeansources.info/record/cameron-drops-eu-pledge/

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