British Prime Minister David Cameron said he had negotiated a deal to give Britain "special status in the EU" and he would recommend it to his cabinet tomorrow.
That will fire the starting gun for a fierce campaign for a referendum on Britain's future membership of the bloc expected to be held on 23 June, with the outcome deeply uncertain.
Both men made their announcements on Twitter as leaders at a summit dinner reviewed an amended text that resolved outstanding disputes over welfare benefits for migrant workers from other EU countries and safeguards for Britain's financial services sector from eurozone regulation.
The agreement delivered victory to Mr Cameron on several of the key demands on which he chose to fight for what he called "a new settlement" with Europe.
He won a commitment to change the bloc's governing treaties in future to recognise that Britain was not bound to any political union and would have safeguards against financial regulation being imposed on the City of London by the eurozone......http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0219/769257-brexit-talks/
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