It's official. Britain will vote in less than three months' time on whether to stay in or leave the European Union. The date appointed with destiny is June 23, just after midsummer in the Northern Hemisphere: one of the semiofficial 'fools' feast days' of medieval England. The announcement followed the unveiling of an agreement secured by British prime minister David Cameron after exhaustive (and exhausting) negotiations with the 27 other EU country leaders.
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