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The United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is scheduled to take place before the end of 2017. Membership of the European Union has been a controversial issue in the United Kingdom since the UK joined the then European Economic Community in 1972. A bill providing for the referendum is currently before the British Parliament, having been agreed in principle by both houses. The bill follows a Conservative Party manifesto commitment to hold such a referendum. It will be the second referendum to be held on EU membership in the UK. The last was held in 1975 when membership was approved by 67% of voters.〔Adrian Williamson, (The Case for Brexit: Lessons from the 1960s and 1970s ), History and Policy (2015)〕 The referendum will also be held in, and affect the status of Gibraltar, a UK overseas territory.〔http://gibraltarpanorama.gi/14776/121113/a/confirmed-gibraltar-to-vote-in-european-referendum〕 Those in favour of a British withdrawal from the European Union – sometimes shortened as Brexit – argue that outside the EU, the UK would be better able to better control immigration, better positioned to conduct its own trade negotiations, and freed from what they believe to be unnecessary EU regulations and bureaucracy. Those in favour of remaining in the EU argue that leaving the EU would risk the UK's prosperity, diminish its influence over world affairs, and result in trade barriers between the UK and the EU. ==History== In January 2013, David Cameron promised that, should the Conservatives win a parliamentary majority at the 2015 general election, the UK Government would negotiate more favourable arrangements for continuing British membership of the EU, before holding a referendum as to whether the UK should remain in or leave the EU. German and French political leaders countered by warning that the UK could not pick and choose its membership terms while simultaneously advocating Britain should continue its membership. However, some public polls in France and Germany favoured a British exit.〔 The United States also warned against a British exit from the European Union, arguing that it would reduce the British "voice" in the EU as well as not being in the national interest of the United States. When the Conservative Party proceeded to win a majority of seats in the House of Commons in the May 2015 general election, David Cameron reiterated his Party's manifesto commitment to hold an "In-Out" referendum on UK membership of the European Union by the end of 2017, but only after 'negotiating a new settlement for Britain in the EU'. The planned referendum was included in The Queen's Speech on 27 May 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32894214 )〕 It is thought that Cameron is planning to hold this referendum in October 2016, Government-sponsored legislation to authorise the referendum having been put before the House of Commons in May 2015. Cameron had previously rejected proposals to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, but had suggested the possibility of a referendum at some later date to ensure that the UK's position within an evolving EU had the "full-hearted support of the British people". Under Ed Miliband's leadership between 2010 and 2015, the Labour Party ruled out an In-Out referendum unless there were a further transfer of powers from the UK to the EU.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32114191 )〕 In their manifesto for the 2015 general election the Liberal Democrats pledged to hold an In-Out referendum only in the case of there being a change in the EU treaties.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/04/15/uk-britain-election-liberal-democrats-idUKKBN0N60FJ20150415 )〕 The UK Independence Party (UKIP), the British National Party, the Green Party,〔("Yes to an EU Referendum: Green MP Calls for Chance to Build a Better Europe" ). Green Party of England and Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2014.〕 and the Respect Party〔("The EU" ). Respect Party. Retrieved 26 April 2014.〕 all supported the principle of a referendum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Kingdom European Union membership referendum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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