Following the European Council meeting on EU-UK relations on 19 February, Prime Minister Cameron announced the EU referendum to take place on June 23. Few Conservative MPs, together with the Labour Party, Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru, and the Lib Dems, said they will stand by Cameron’s preference to stay member of the EU, while others, including members of the Conservative Party, expressed their intentions to support campaigns favoring leaving of the Union. The UKIP representatives said it is a "golden opportunity" for the UK to be independent of Brussels.

David Cameron, as a response to the rising Euroscepticism in the UK, promised to hold a referendum, if he wins the general election in 2015. The Independence Party, UKIP, demanded a referendum as the last referendum of this kind was held in 1975. Several voices in the UK argue that the character of the EU has changed since then and that the EU continuously becomes more involved in national agenda. Previously, Cameron was one of the Eurosceptics in the UK; however, currently, he supports the idea of the UK staying in the Union.

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