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UK set for youth-focused EU referendum campaigns
EurActiv ^ | Published 04 January 2013 | Updated 05 January 2013 | Jeremy Fleming

Posted on 01/05/2013 5:39:06 PM PST by Olog-hai

A landmark speech by British Prime Minister David Cameron later this month will trigger campaigns to persuade young people to chose between staying in or opting out of the EU, as the issue moves to the fore of the country’s domestic political agenda in 2013.

Representatives for and against UK membership in the EU told EurActiv they are on stand-by to set campaigns in motion to woo the country’s biggest swing demographic: those aged between 18 and 44, in a year which will see Europe move to the forefront in domestic politics. …

The prime minister will seek to mollify euroskeptic Conservative deputies with promises to repatriate powers from the EU and a general pledge of a referendum on EU membership after the 2015 general election, without specifying what question may be asked. …

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TOPICS: Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: uk

1 posted on 01/05/2013 5:39:10 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Revolting cat!

Maybe the young people will take a couple years off after college and travel Europe like America’s youth do.


2 posted on 01/05/2013 5:50:42 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Olog-hai

>>between staying in or opting out of the EU<<

Leave it to the socialists to try to influence a basic intelligence test.

They clearly saw how America has dumbed down its youth class and hope for similar success.


3 posted on 01/05/2013 5:54:40 PM PST by freedumb2003 (MOLON LABE)
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To: Olog-hai

Vote now and >60% want out. But no, gotta have a 2 year “campaign” so all the German, IMF, and Technocrat money can flood England with propaganda and threaten their people with trade sanctions. Media will also play ball. Clever...


4 posted on 01/05/2013 7:23:34 PM PST by wolfman23601
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