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What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less.

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Nick Clegg
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 7
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Deputy Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Chalfont St Giles
Buckinghamshire
Nicholas Clegg
Nicholas William Peter Clegg
Nicholas Nick William Peter Clegg
Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg
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