British PM David Cameron Sets Referendum Date after EU Summit Deal

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a referendum date regarding Britain's membership status within the European Union.

Cameron will propose Thursday, June 23 as the date for the vote. Until then, Cameron will try to convince lawmakers that Britain is better off remaining in the EU after the members of the union agreed to Britain's reform requests.

"I believe that Britain will be safer, stronger and better off by remaining in a reformed European Union," Cameron said. "Leaving Europe would threaten our economic and our national security."

During the summit, Cameron was able to convince the 27 EU members to agree to concessions in certain topics, such as welfare rights for immigrants/migrants and currency protections.

Cameron has the backing of interior minister Theresa May and finance minister George Osborne. Justice Secretary Michael Gove and five other members of the cabinet, however, will still continue to campaign for a Brexit - a British exit.

"This is a truly pathetic deal," Nigel Farage, the head of the UK Independence Party said reported by Reuters. "Let's leave the EU, control our borders, run our own country and stop handing 55 million pounds every day to Brussels."

The mayor of London Boris Johnson has not publicly announced what side he is on. BBC reported that Johnson will most likely make his decision on Sunday.

Polls conducted after the summit show that the majority of Britons agree with Cameron and want Britain to remain in the EU.

If Britain leaves the EU, it will be the first country to do so.