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European Referendum Reservations

Great Britain · Politics / Conservative Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1996

Michael Heseltine1996

London · Politics / Conservative Party

Opposes using referendums as a routine mechanism for resolving major European policy questions, fearing they could intensify Conservative divisions.

Names involved

Michael Heseltine

Provenance

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