UK's Conservatives end EU referendum campaign
Associated Press | Nov 4, 09 11:47 AM CST
Britain's top opposition leader has dropped a long-promised plan to hold a referendum on the European Union reform treaty.
Conservative Party chief David Cameron backed off Wednesday from what had been a basic tenet of his party's program. Britain's Conservatives have long objected to ceding too many sovereign powers to the 27-nation European bloc.
He conceded that with the EU's reform treaty incorporation into law this week, having a referendum on it would be useless.
But Cameron promised to change the law so that no further powers could be transferred to Brussels without a public referendum.
Britain's Conservatives have long been suspicious of giving any powers to the EU.
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