European Parliament tie-up complicates UK Cameron's reform push

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By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives have voted to align themselves with two nationalist right-wing parties in the European Parliament, a move that risks alienating allies Cameron needs if he is to win back powers from Brussels. Cameron has pledged to try to renegotiate Britain's EU relationship if re-elected in a national vote next year, ahead of giving Britons an in/out referendum on membership by 2017. The European Conservatives and Reformists group, set up by Cameron in 2009, voted on Wednesday to accept five new parties including the anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DPP) and the right-wing nationalist Finns party from Finland. Political parties in the European Parliament are in the process of forming groups with other parties following last month's European elections.




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