Cameron to allow free EU campaign
British Prime Minister David Cameron is set to allow his cabinet ministers to campaign for either side of an EU referendum.
This is as Cameron is seeking to renegotiate Britain's EU ties before the vote slated for 2016. Cameron has said he wants Britain to remain in a reformed EU, but he does not rule out leaving if he can't make his desirable changes to two sides’ relations.
Cameron has published his list of negotiating demands in 2015 in a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk. He said he is seeking "a live-and-let-live Europe, a flexible Europe" that lets Britain remain outside of closer political and economic ties binding the eurozone countries. Cameron said: "we want to be in a common market, not a common country."
The referendum has been the bone of contention among the Conservatives over the past decades. Up to a third of Cameron's cabinet ministers including Home Secretary Theresa May, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Business Secretary Sajid Javid and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith have expressed euro-sceptic sentiments.
Earlier there were reports that some euro-sceptic ministers would have resigned as ministers if he had forced them to campaign for membership.
Now Cameron is due to update parliament on his EU renegotiation.
EU membership has long been a hot topic in Britain. Eurosceptics, who believe the UK would be better off outside the political and economic union, seek the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Various polls have indicated that the British public is divided on the issue.
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