Les ministres mettent en gage pour combattre des appels croissants pour le référendum de traité de l'UE

Par Marie Woolf

Des ministres, y compris David Miliband, le ministre des affaires étrangères, sont placés pour venir dehors luttant cette semaine contre des demandes croissantes pour un référendum de traité de l'UE.

Les sources de gouvernement indiquent qu'une corde des ministres veulent « indiquent clairement » que le gouvernement a un mandat pour le nouveau traité de réforme, donné au Conseil européen en juin. Le gouvernement a relevé de la pression croissante la semaine dernière de refuser d'éliminer un référendum. But the Prime Minister is expected to firmly rule out a referendum later this week.

The move follows intense pressure on Gordon Brown from members of his own party. A campaign led by the Labour MP Ian Davidson, who said that up to a third of Labour MPs could back calls for an EU treaty, was joined by the former Europe minister, Keith Vaz, on Friday. He said: “We should not be afraid of actually putting this argument before the British people. We don’t need a referendum on the reformed treaty because we didn’t have one on the Nice Treaty or on Maastricht. But I think there’s a difference between need and desirability.

“I think once and for all we need to put this behind us by putting it to the British people. I am absolutely convinced that we will win any test of public opinion as to whether or not the British people want us in Europe.”

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