关于英国是否保留欧盟资格的全民公决将在2017年年底前进行。 现在的讨论是变革谈判的第一步，欧盟领导人希望通过谈判说服英国选民选择欧洲。
With a referendum on the UK’s continued EU membership set to take place before the end of 2017, the talks are the first step toward negotiating changes which, EU leaders hope, will convince British voters to choose Europe.