Clegg Says U.K. Referendum on EU Membership ‘Will Happen’
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said a referendum on the U.K.’s membership of the European Union “will happen” and urged supporters of staying in the bloc to speak up.
The Liberal Democrat leader signaled his willingness to do another deal with Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives, who’ve pledged a referendum by 2017, in a speech in London today. He asked business leaders who oppose leaving the EU to make their position plain.