David Cameron has set out the rules that will dictate who is eligible to vote in the EU referendum, and committed to a breakneck schedule of diplomacy to ensure his plans for significant reform in Brussels are enacted swiftly.
Downing Street has said the franchise for the referendum will be the same as that which dictates General Elections.
This means that British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens who are over 18 and resident in the UK are eligible to vote, as are UK nationals resident overseas for less than 15 years.
EU nationals resident in the UK, who are entitled to vote in local and European elections, will nevertheless miss out on this occasion.
The decision to bar EU citizens and 16 and 17 years olds from voting has been criticised as "piecemeal".
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http://news.sky.com/story/1490090/eu-migrants-banned-from-vote-on-europeWell, I approve. That'll be a relief to Cameron!
Why should EU citizens get a say? None of their damned business what we British decide.
