David Cameron is facing a further Conservative revolt over Europe after a Cabinet minister and the Mayor of London told him he must hold a referendum on the fiscal union being created to save the euro.
Growing Conservative anger over Europe will be further inflamed today by a German rejection of Britain’s demand that the eurozone rescue deal must include legal protections for the City of London.
Owen Paterson, the Northern Ireland Secretary, broke ranks by declaring that backing a more integrated eurozone would make it “inevitable” that the Prime Minister would have to give voters a say.
Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, said Mr Cameron would have “absolutely no choice” but to hold a referendum. EU leaders were “in danger of saving the cancer and not the patient”, he said.
Mr Cameron also suffered embarrassment in the Commons as his backbenchers repeatedly challenged his European strategy, telling him to fight harder to win back powers from Brussels. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, mocked the Prime Minister for failing to deliver on promises.
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