[Reuters] Cameron calls June 23 poll that will shape fate of Britain and EU

Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday called a June 23 referendum on membership of the European Union that could have far-reaching consequences for Britain’s unity and for the viability of the world’s biggest trading bloc.

Forty-three years after Britain joined the EU’s predecessor, Cameron clinched a deal from 27 other leaders to give it what he said was a special status before presenting the new settlement to senior ministers in London.

Read it all and an update here – there is background on the history of the EU/UK relationship here, the text of the agreement made with Brussels here and concerns over the eurozone here