EU renegotiation talks open up ‘civil war’ in UK Tory government

‘UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s negotiations over the terms of Britain’s European Union (EU) membership threaten the breakup of his governing Conservative Party.

To appease the sizable Eurosceptic wing of his party, Cameron pledged in the Tories’ general election manifesto to hold an “in-out” referendum on EU membership by the end of 2017–following a renegotiation of the UK’s terms of membership.

Cameron’s initial attempts earlier this month at reaching a deal with EU leaders failed. This was due to hostility, particularly from eastern European member states, to his proposal to restrict EU migrants’ access to the UK’s in-work benefits, such as tax credits, for four years.’

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