It all stems from Conservative David Cameron's campaign promise in the May 2015 general election: " It will never again be possible for a British government to transfer more powers to the European Union without the British people having a say in a referendum. " Triumphantly re-elected, he sets out to negotiate new exceptions to the "contract" that links the United Kingdom to the European Union. He returned from Brussels on February 20, 2016 triumphing with concessions on the movement of people, sovereignty or economic governance: "The UK will be stronger in a reformed European Union than alone"says the Prime Minister.
In accordance with his promise to organize a referendum before the end of 2017, David Cameron submits to Parliament the European Union Referendum Act 2015, which was signed by the Queen on December 17, 2015. It will take place on June 23, 2016, and it will be the start of three and a half years of discussions, negotiations, British parliamentary debates, back and forth between London and Brussels, between the majority and the opposition in Westminster, etc.
