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MINISTERS are considering whether European Union citizens who live in Britain should be allowed to vote in the referendum on the EU constitution.
Many of the 1.3m citizens of other EU countries who have made their homes here are believed to be likely to vote for greater integration — and their inclusion could boost Tony Blair’s “Yes” campaign.
Blair is also likely to offer a vote in the referendum to the nearly 30,000 residents of Gibraltar.
With opinion polls consistently showing that Britons would reject the constitution by two to one, the prime minister knows he must take drastic action if he is to stand a chance of winning the campaign in March 2006.
EU citizens living in Britain are allowed to vote in local council elections, but not in a general election.