Half
of British voters want to leave EU
Result
comes as Cameron meets EU leaders to discuss reform plans.
By CYNTHIA KROET
12/15/15, 9:51 AM CET Updated 12/15/15, 9:56 AM CET
British voters are
evenly split over the U.K. leaving the European Union, a new poll has
found.
The survey by ICM
for the Vote Leave campaign questioned 2,053 people between December
11 and 13 and found that when “Don’t Knows” are excluded, 50
percent of voters supported remaining in the EU and 50 percent
opposed it.
The poll also asked
people to imagine that the rules covering free movement of people
remain unchanged after U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s
renegotiation and in this scenario support for Brexit rose to 53
percent.
Cameron travels to
Brussels this week for a meeting with EU leaders at which he will
discuss his proposals for reforms.
Britain copes with
great skepticism on EU issues, which prompting the referendum
question
A British referendum
on EU membership is due before the end of 2017. The EU referendum
bill passed through the House of Lords on Monday, which suggests that
Cameron could hold his vote in June 2016.
In previous ICM
polls the number of voters who favor a Brexit had trailed the number
who want to remain. A November survey by ORB International shows 52
percent in favor of leaving the EU.
ICM also suggests
that people supporting a Brexit might be more likely to vote in the
referendum than those who want to stay in the EU.
Authors:
Cynthia Kroet
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