ing he intends to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, if he wins the next general election, expected in 2015. But many politicians in Europe think closer political ties are exactly what is needed to maintain continental unity in the face of a debt crisis that's laid bare fundamental flaws in the euro. The European Union, which last year won the Nobel Peace Prize, effectively started amid the rubble of World War II the motivation to avoid future wars. Some even think Europe's end-game has to be to resemble the United States of America,toms kids shoes. Countries would be so tied together in their economic and social fabric to make war inconceivable. After decades of bit-by-bit integration,toms outlet, the links are now so tight that many European leaders refuse to publicly acknowledge that a British exit is a possibility. Several accuse Cameron of putting the bloc at risk to deal with domestic political problems. His Conservative Party has a hardcore element that is highly skeptical of the EU, while an anti-EU party,toms shoes online, the UK Independence Party, is gaining ground in the polls most notably at the expense of Cameron's Conservatives. Italian Premier Mario Monti said Britain should set aside ideology and look at its membership in the EU with "pragmatism, which should be a British attitude of mind." He argued that Britons, for all their hostility to EU regulations and bureaucracy, benefit so much from the single market that they would be scared to leave a ready access to markets and over half a billion people would be a gamble too far. Most of British business appears to want to stay in the EU but out of the integrationist drive but the question is whether that can be achieved. "The vast majority of businesses across the UK want to stay in the single market, but on the basis of a revised relationship ... that promotes trade and competitiveness," said John Langworth of the British Chambers of Commerce. He was among 56 British business leaders who issued a public letter to the Times of London on Thursday complaining about demands from Brussels and calling for "a more competitive, flexible and prosperous European Union that would bring more jobs and growth for all member states." Growth is certainly something that Europe is craving. The eurozone as a whole is in recession and figures Friday are expected to show the British economy, the EU's third-largest, halfway back to its third recession in four years. Open Europe, a London-based think tank, says that 48 percent of the UK's goods and services exports are to the EU. The single market keeps down the cost for Britons of doing business with the EU as well as the price of goods imported from the EU for purchase by ordinary British citizens. An insider's guide to politics and policy, available on the iPad or as a PDF download.[标签:标题]
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