David Cameron must still hold a EU referendum, Tories say

Mr Cameron will on Wednesday confirm that now that the Lisbon Treaty has been ratified by all 27 EU members, he is dropping his promise to hold a referendum on it.

Instead of a referendum on Lisbon, Mr Cameron will promise to renegotiate some parts of the EU rulebook, arguing that control over some social and employment rules must be returned to the UK.

European lawyers say that repatriating powers from the EU is extremely difficult, because it would require the unanimous agreement of all 26 other member-states.

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