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UKIP Head Calls Cameron 'Chicken' For Canceling Talks on EU Membership Deal

© AP Photo / Matt DunhamNigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), poses for photographers after speaking at the launch of their "Say No to the EU."
Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), poses for photographers after speaking at the launch of their Say No to the EU. - Sputnik International
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The leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage, accused Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday of being a "chicken" after it was revealed the latter would not be holding the consultations on the deal he had proposed to the European Union prior to the referendum on the country’s membership of the bloc.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the party, Cameron said he would be holding consultations on February 16 on the proposals he had made to the European Union in order to renegotiate the country’s membership of the 28-nation bloc before the referendum. UKIP revealed that the plans had changed and Cameron would only be holding selected talks.

"The Prime Minister is chicken. I received my official documentation this morning to say that I was one of several meeting the PM tomorrow morning and he has now run away scared. Frankly I'm not surprised. Not only is the deal pitiful but he would not want me exposing the fact that even if he wins the referendum, the European Parliament will veto it," Farage said in a statement as quoted by his party.

Cameron vowed to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union by the end of 2017. Ahead of the vote, Cameron is seeking to revise the terms of his country's membership of the bloc.

The prime minister has outlined four demands to the European Union, including shifting power away from Brussels back to the UK national legislature, exempting Britain from the EU "superstate" principle, denouncing the euro as the single official EU currency, and protecting the UK economy by keeping eurozone members away from non-eurozone countries’ affairs.

The European Council is scheduled to meet in Brussels on February 18-19 to discuss the UK plans for the referendum.

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