YahooNews: Brown defeats drive for EU treaty vote - by Adrian Croft
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Brown defeats drive for EU treaty vote - by Adrian Croft
Prime Minister Gordon Brown defeated a bid on Wednesday to force him to call a referendum on the new European Union reform treaty. Many analysts said they believed the treaty, which overhauls EU institutions, would be rejected if put to British voters. In parliament, about 25 MPs from Brown's Labour Party rebelled against the government and voted with the Conservatives for the referendum on the Lisbon treaty. The British government won the votes comfortably because most members of the pro-European Liberal Democrats, abstained.
