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Cameron 'must make case' for EU membership, says Tusk
European Council President Donald Tusk (pictured) has said he wants newly re-elected British Prime Minister David Cameron to make the case for EU membership.
Tusk said he was "deeply convinced that there is no better life outside the European Union, for any country".
Cameron has pledged to negotiate a "better deal" for the UK and hold a referendum on membership.
Leaders from across the globe have been congratulating him after he defied predictions to win a majority.
"I count on the new British government making the case for the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Union. In that I stand ready to help," Tusk said in a statement.
The words "political earthquake" have been translated into numerous European languages today, making front page news across the continent.
In Europe the vote means one thing - a referendum on Britain's membership to the EU. And that has the potential to create an earthquake of its own.
Cameron has promised a referendum in 2017, and Brussels is hardly known for speedy decision-making. Expect quite some flexibility - few countries want to see the UK's burgeoning economy leave the fold. But there will be limits, possibly over people's freedom to live and work anywhere in the EU.
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