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British PM in Austria for talks including EU referendum

British PM in Austria for talks including EU referendum

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

VIENNA: British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to focus on Britain's planned EU referendum, the refugee crisis and a nuclear project that Austria opposes in an upcoming meeting with his Austrian counterpart. Cameron is meeting Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann in Vienna late Thursday. Britain plans to hold a referendum within two years on continued EU membership and is pushing for reforms within the 28-nation bloc that reduce the authority of institutions at EU headquarters in Brussels. London faces a legal challenge from Austria over EU subsidies for the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear plant. Austria, which has no nuclear power, sees the grants as violating European law and potentially distorting the energy market.