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    Europe: Why the love-hate relationship? Jump to media player With a referendum on whether Britain should leave the EU looming ever closer, Rob Watson explains the UK's historically complicated relationship with Europe.
    • 16 Feb 16
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    The EU: All you need to know Jump to media player The BBC's Jonny Dymond explains how the European Union works in under two minutes.
    • 16 Feb 16
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    EU: A brief history of UK-Europe trade Jump to media player BBC's Allan Little considers how Britain's trading history with its European neighbours has shaped what has proved a controversial political relationship.
    • 11 Feb 16
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    PM: UK will not 'retreat from world' Jump to media player David Cameron has said Britain will never "retreat from the world" and it is in Europe's interests for the UK to stay in a reformed European Union
    • 12 Feb 16
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    Is the UK out of tune with Europe? Jump to media player There has been a mixed reaction to David Cameron's draft deal aimed at keeping Britain in the EU, with France amongst the critics.
    • 02 Feb 16
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    MP: Draft EU deal 'falls so far short' Jump to media player Tory Eurosceptic MP Steve Baker says the draft UK-EU deal is "a bit of a bad joke" but fellow Conservative MP Nick Herbert defends the renegotiation.
    • 02 Feb 16
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    Do you want to stay in the EU? Jump to media player EU referendum: Home affairs editor Mark Easton asks undecided voters what they think of when they think about the European Union.
    • 10 Feb 16
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    Barroso: Benefits brake 'won't deter EU migrants' Jump to media player Ex-EC president Jose Manuel Barroso tells Newsnight the proposed "emergency brake" on in-work benefits paid to EU migrants would not put people off coming to the UK.
    • 10 Feb 16
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With the British referendum on leaving the EU looming ever closer, Rob Watson explains the UK's historically complicated relationship with her European partners.

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  • 16 Feb 2016
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